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The Chess Player
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.
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
Details
- Director
- Jean Dréville
- Released
- November 25, 1938
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Studio
- Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.3 / 10 from 5 votes
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