The Chess Player (1927)
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.
- Released
- 1927-05-17
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Raymond Bernard
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Pierre Blanchar as Boleslas Vorowski
- Charles Dullin as Baron von Kempelen
- Édith Jéhanne as Sophie Novinska
- Camille Bert as Maj. Nicolaieff
- Pierre Batcheff as Prince Serge Oblomoff
- Marcelle Charles Dullin as Wanda
- Armand Bernard as Roubenko
- Alexiane as Olga
- Pierre Hot as King Stanislas
- Jaime Devesa as Prince Orloff
- Fridette Fatton as Pola
- Pierre Mindaist