The Chess Player
Le Joueur d'échecs
Release: 1938-11-25
·Runtime: 70m
·★ 4.7
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
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
Manuel Gary
Gaston Modot
