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.
Cast
Crew
Jean Dréville
Director, Writer
Roger Vitrac
Writer
Albert Guyot
Writer
Bernard Zimmer
Writer
André Doderet
Writer
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel
Raymond Leboursier
Editor
René Gaveau
Director of Photography
André Thomas
Director of Photography
Antoine de Rouvre
Producer
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Producer
Marcel Magniez
Production Design
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
Jean Lenoir
Original Music Composer
Lucien Aguettand
Art Direction
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