The Chess Player

5.3/10 1938 1h 10m

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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

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

Delphin

Manuel Gary

The Chess Player

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