The Chess Player

The Chess Player

The Chess Player

4.4/ 10(4 votes)

1h 10m

November 25, 1938

FR

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.

Directed byJean Dréville

Cast (11)

Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay

Catherine II

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret

Bernard Lancret

Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey

Micheline Francey

Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo

Paul Cambo

Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques Grétillat

Jacques Grétillat

Potemkine

Jean Témerson

Jean Témerson

Stanislas

Edmonde Guy

Edmonde Guy

Wanda Zalewska

Delphin

Manuel Gary

Manuel Gary

Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot