The Chess Player

Le Joueur d'échecs

1938·70'

Jean Dréville

DramaHistory

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #259194

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