The Chess Player

November. 25,1938      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Françoise Rosay as  Catherine II
Conrad Veidt as  Le baron de Kempelen
Bernard Lancret as  Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Micheline Francey as  Sonia Vorowska
Jean Témerson as  Stanislas
Manuel Gary as  
Gaston Modot as  

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