The Chess Player

The Chess Player (1938)


  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1938-11-25
  • User Rating: 4.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Jean Dréville
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Summary

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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  • 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

    as
  • Manuel Gary

    as
  • Gaston Modot

    as
Writing André Doderet Writer
Art Lucien Aguettand Art Direction
Directing Jean Dréville Director
Writing Jean Dréville Writer
Writing Roger Vitrac Writer
Writing Bernard Zimmer Writer
Editing Raymond Leboursier Editor
Production Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt Producer
Art Marcel Magniez Production Design
Production Antoine de Rouvre Producer
Writing Albert Guyot Writer
Costume & Make-Up Georges K. Benda Costume Design
Writing Henry Dupuy-Mazuel Novel
Sound Jean Lenoir Original Music Composer
Camera André Thomas Director of Photography
Camera René Gaveau Director of Photography