The Chess Player

May. 17,1927      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.

Pierre Blanchar as  Boleslas Vorowski
Charles Dullin as  Baron von Kempelen
Édith Jéhanne as  Sophie Novinska
Camille Bert as  Maj. Nicolaieff
Pierre Batcheff as  Prince Serge Oblomoff
Armand Bernard as  Roubenko
Alexiane as  Olga

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