The Chess Player (1938)
Le Joueur d'échecs
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.
- Date of release
- 1938-11-25
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Jean Dréville
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
The Chess Player is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt and Bernard Lancret. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chess Player, itself based on the 1926 novel of the same title by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. The film takes place in Vilnius during the reign of Catherine the Great.
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