The Chess Player

1938 · Movie · 70 min. · France

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.

Direction Jean Dréville

Cast Françoise Rosay · Conrad Veidt · Bernard Lancret · Micheline Francey · Paul Cambo · Jacques Grétillat · Jean Témerson · Edmonde Guy · Gaston Modot

Soundtrack Jean Lenoir

Screenplay Jean Dréville · André Doderet · Albert Guyot · Roger Vitrac · Bernard Zimmer · Henry Dupuis-Mazuel

Cinematography René Gaveaum · André Thomas

Original title Le joueur d'échecs

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Not rated (FilmAffinity)

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