The Chess Player

Le Joueur d'échecs

1938 70 min FR France

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Synopsis

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.

Cast Crew Production

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

Writers

Albert Guyot
André Doderet
Bernard Zimmer
Jean Dréville
Roger Vitrac

Cinematography

André Thomas
René Gaveau

Music

Jean Lenoir

Editing

Raymond Leboursier

Producers

Antoine de Rouvre
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

C
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)

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