The Chess Player
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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
Catherine II
Known for
Bizarre, Bizarre
The Red Inn
Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
Known for
Casablanca
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Known for
Le Corbeau
Carnival in Flanders
Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
Known for
Le Corbeau
Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
Known for
The Hunchback of Paris
The Wild Goose Chase
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
Known for
Jenny Lamour
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
Known for
Diabolique
Pépé le Moko
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
Also in
The Woman from Nowhere
Princesse Mandane
Delphin
Known for
Carnival in Flanders
Manuel Gary
Known for
The Little World of Don Camillo
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Gaston Modot
Known for
L'Âge d'or
The Rules of the Game
Jean Dréville Director · Bernard Zimmer Writer André Doderet Writer
First release November 25, 1938 · Produced in France · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
France
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Original title
Le Joueur d'échecs
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 25, 1938
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No release date listed for United States.
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