The Chess Player

4.7

1938

1h 10m

DramaHistory

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.

Key Crew

Director

Jean Dréville

Producers

Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

Antoine de Rouvre

Writers

André Doderet

Jean Dréville

Roger Vitrac

Cinematography

André Thomas

Music

Jean Lenoir

Cast (11)

Françoise Rosay

Catherine II

Conrad Veidt

Le baron de Kempelen

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The Chess Player

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