The Chess Player (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.
- Released
- 1938-11-25
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean Dréville
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 5 votes
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
- Manuel Gary
- Gaston Modot