1938
4.7 (3 votes)
1h 10m
Genres
Drama
History
Production Companies
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
The Chess Player (Le Joueur d'échecs)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Roger Vitrac, Albert Guyot, Jean Dréville, Bernard Zimmer, André Doderet
Director: Jean Dréville
Producer: Antoine de Rouvre, Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Director of Photography: René Gaveau, André Thomas
Top 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
