The Chess Player (1938)

Name: The Chess Player
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1938-11-25
Duration: 70 min
Cast: Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret, Micheline Francey, Paul Cambo

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.

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Released 1938-11-25 · 70 min · Drama, History

Directed by Jean Dréville

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