Movie: The Chess Player

Top 10 Billed Cast

Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay

Catherine II

Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt

Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret
Bernard Lancret

Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey
Micheline Francey

Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo
Paul Cambo

Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques Grétillat
Jacques Grétillat

Potemkine

Jean Témerson
Jean Témerson

Stanislas

Edmonde Guy
Edmonde Guy

Wanda Zalewska

Delphin
Delphin

Manuel Gary
Manuel Gary

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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.

  • Release Date

    1938-11-25

  • Average

    4.7

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
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    Français
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