Release Date
📅
Original Release
November 25, 1938
1h 10m
The Chess Player (1938)
⭐ 4.770 min
Overview
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.
Director
👨🎨
Jean Dréville
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 1.6
Cast
Françoise Rosay
Catherine II
⭐1.2
Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
⭐1.1
Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
⭐0.1
Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
⭐1.3
Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
⭐0.2
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
⭐0.1
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
⭐0.2
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
⭐0.0
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Delphin
Unknown
⭐0.0
Manuel Gary
Unknown
⭐0.2
Genres
DramaHistory
Production Companies
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
