The Chess Player (1927)
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.
Director: Raymond Bernard
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Pierre Blanchar as Boleslas Vorowski |
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Charles Dullin as Baron von Kempelen |
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Édith Jéhanne as Sophie Novinska |
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Camille Bert as Maj. Nicolaieff |
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Pierre Batcheff as Prince Serge Oblomoff |
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Marcelle Charles Dullin as Wanda |
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Armand Bernard as Roubenko |
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Alexiane as Olga |
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Pierre Hot as King Stanislas |
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Jaime Devesa as Prince Orloff |
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Fridette Fatton as Pola |
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Pierre Mindaist as |
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Albert Préjean as |
| Directing | Raymond Bernard | Director |
| Camera | Willy Faktorovitch | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | W. Percy Day | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Marc Bujard | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Joseph-Louis Mundwiller | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eugène Lourié | Costume Design |
| Art | Robert Mallet-Stevens | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jean Perrier | Art Direction |
| Writing | Henry Dupuy-Mazuel | Novel |
| Writing | Jean-José Frappa | Writer |
| Writing | Raymond Bernard | Writer |
