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The Chess Player

(1927)

May 17, 1927 2h 20m
64%
TMDB Score

Overview

In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.

Raymond Bernard

Director

Top Billed Cast

PB

Pierre Blanchar

Boleslas Vorowski

CD

Charles Dullin

Baron von Kempelen

ÉJ

Édith Jéhanne

Sophie Novinska

CB

Camille Bert

Maj. Nicolaieff

PB

Pierre Batcheff

Prince Serge Oblomoff

MCD

Marcelle Charles Dullin

Wanda

AB

Armand Bernard

Roubenko

A

Alexiane

Olga

PH

Pierre Hot

King Stanislas

JD

Jaime Devesa

Prince Orloff