The Chess Player (1938)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1938-11-25
Runtime: 70 minutes
Director: Jean Dréville
Top Cast
- Françoise Rosay as Catherine II
- Conrad Veidt as Le baron de Kempelen
- Bernard Lancret as Le prince Serge Oblonsky
- Micheline Francey as Sonia Vorowska
- Paul Cambo as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
- Jacques Grétillat as Potemkine
- Jean Témerson as Stanislas
- Edmonde Guy as Wanda Zalewska
- Delphin as
- Manuel Gary as
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