The Chess Player
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.
The Chess Player
November 25, 1938
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Cast (11)
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
N/A
Manuel Gary
N/A
Gaston Modot
N/A
Crew (16)
Directing
Jean Dréville
Director
Writing
Bernard Zimmer
Writer
Jean Dréville
Writer
André Doderet
Writer
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel
Roger Vitrac
Writer
Albert Guyot
Writer
Production
Antoine de Rouvre
Producer
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Producer
Sound
Jean Lenoir
Original Music Composer
Art
Lucien Aguettand
Art Direction
Marcel Magniez
Production Design
Camera
René Gaveau
Director of Photography
André Thomas
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
Crew
No data availableEditing
Raymond Leboursier
Editor