The Chess Player

Original title: Le Joueur d'échecs

Duration: 70 min

Release date: 1938-11-25

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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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Le Joueur d'échecs

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Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay

as Catherine II

as Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret

Bernard Lancret

as Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey

Micheline Francey

as Sonia Vorowska

as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques Grétillat

Jacques Grétillat

as Wanda Zalewska

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Lucien Aguettand

Lucien Aguettand

Raymond Leboursier

Raymond Leboursier

Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

Production Design

Antoine de Rouvre

Antoine de Rouvre

Georges K. Benda

Georges K. Benda

Henry Dupuy-Mazuel

Henry Dupuy-Mazuel

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

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