Feature1938·70m·5.3
The Chess Player
DramaHistory
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.
Cast
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
Gaston Modot
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Languages
- French
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
- Age rating
- —
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
Crew
Director
Jean Dréville
Writers
Roger Vitrac, Albert Guyot, Jean Dréville, Bernard Zimmer
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
Raymond Leboursier
Editor
Marcel Magniez
Production Design
René Gaveau
Director of Photography
Jean Lenoir
Original Music Composer
André Thomas
Director of Photography
