The Chess Player
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5.3A 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: 1938-11-2570 minDir: Jean DrévilleDrama, History
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
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1938
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Jean Dréville
- Screenwriter
- Roger Vitrac
- Composer
- Jean Lenoir
- Cinematographer
- René Gaveau
- Narrative location
- Poland