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The Chess Player
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1938 film by Jean Dréville
Film · TMDB
5.3A 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.
Released: 1938-11-2570 minDir: Jean DrévilleDrama, History
Stream on: Gaumont Amazon Channel
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
Themes
- chess
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