1927
6.4 (9 votes)
2h 15m
Genres
Fantasy
Drama
War
Production Companies
Société des Films Historiques
The Chess Player (Le Joueur d'échecs)
Overview
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.
Key Crew
Director: Raymond Bernard
Director of Photography: Joseph-Louis Mundwiller, Marc Bujard, Willy Faktorovitch
Writer: Jean-José Frappa, Raymond Bernard
