The Chess Player

Name: The Chess Player
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1938
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 5.3

1938 · 70 min

Drama · History

★ 5.3

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A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.

Crew

Director Jean Dréville
Writer Roger Vitrac
Writer Albert Guyot
Writer Jean Dréville
Writer Bernard Zimmer
Writer André Doderet
Director of Photography René Gaveau
Director of Photography André Thomas

Cast

Françoise Rosay
Catherine II
Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
J
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
D
Delphin
Manuel Gary
Gaston Modot

Crew

Director — Jean Dréville
Writer — Roger Vitrac
Writer — Albert Guyot
Writer — Jean Dréville
Writer — Bernard Zimmer
Writer — André Doderet
Director of Photography — René Gaveau
Director of Photography — André Thomas

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