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The Chess Player
📅 Friday, 25 November 1938⏱️ 1h 10m
🎬 Directed by Jean Dréville🏢 Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
★ 5.3
★★★★★
TMDB Rating
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

Françoise Rosay
Catherine II

Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine

Jean Témerson
Stanislas

Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
🎬 Directed byJean Dréville
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