The Chess Player

The Chess Player

70 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 25, 1938

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.

The Chess Player

70 mins | Drama, History | Nov. 25, 1938

The Chess Player
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.
Producers Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
Original title Le Joueur d'échecs
Directors Jean Dréville
Writers Roger Vitrac, Albert Guyot, André Doderet, Henry Dupuy-Mazuel, Jean Dréville, Bernard Zimmer

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