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The Chess Player

(1938)

November 25, 1938• 1h 10m
53%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Jean Dréville

Director

Top Billed Cast

FR

Françoise Rosay

Catherine II

CV

Conrad Veidt

Le baron de Kempelen

BL

Bernard Lancret

Le prince Serge Oblonsky

MF

Micheline Francey

Sonia Vorowska

PC

Paul Cambo

Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

JG

Jacques Grétillat

Potemkine

JT

Jean Témerson

Stanislas

EG

Edmonde Guy

Wanda Zalewska

D

Delphin

MG

Manuel Gary