The Chess Player (1938)
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.
Director: Jean Dréville
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Françoise Rosay as Catherine II |
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Conrad Veidt as Le baron de Kempelen |
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Bernard Lancret as Le prince Serge Oblonsky |
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Micheline Francey as Sonia Vorowska |
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Paul Cambo as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky |
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Jacques Grétillat as Potemkine |
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Jean Témerson as Stanislas |
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Edmonde Guy as Wanda Zalewska |
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Delphin as |
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Manuel Gary as |
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Gaston Modot as |
| Directing | Jean Dréville | Director |
| Writing | André Doderet | Writer |
| Writing | Jean Dréville | Writer |
| Writing | Albert Guyot | Writer |
| Writing | Roger Vitrac | Writer |
| Writing | Bernard Zimmer | Writer |
| Production | Antoine de Rouvre | Producer |
| Production | Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt | Producer |
| Editing | Raymond Leboursier | Editor |
| Art | Marcel Magniez | Production Design |
| Art | Lucien Aguettand | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georges K. Benda | Costume Design |
| Camera | René Gaveau | Director of Photography |
| Camera | André Thomas | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jean Lenoir | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Henry Dupuy-Mazuel | Novel |
