The Chess Player

1h 10m
DramaHistory
4.3

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

Françoise Rosay
Catherine II
Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
Delphin
Unknown
Manuel Gary
Unknown
Gaston Modot
Unknown

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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