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The Chess Player

1938 1h 10m 5.3Movie
DramaHistory

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.

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Roger Vitrac

Writer

Albert Guyot

Writer

Jean Dréville

Director, Writer

Bernard Zimmer

Writer

André Doderet

Writer

Henry Dupuy-Mazuel

Novel

Top Cast

Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay

Catherine II

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret

Bernard Lancret

Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey

Micheline Francey

Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo

Paul Cambo

Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques Grétillat

Potemkine

Jean Témerson

Stanislas

Edmonde Guy

Edmonde Guy

Wanda Zalewska

Delphin

Manuel Gary

Manuel Gary

Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

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