The Chess Player
DramaHistory
★ 5.3/1019381h 10m
Director: Jean Dréville
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.
Runtime
1h 10m
Language
French
Released
Nov 25, 1938
Runtime
1h 10m
Language
French
Released
Nov 25, 1938
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
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
Jean Témerson
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
Delphin
Delphin
Manuel Gary
Gaston Modot
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