The Chess Player

Name: The Chess Player
Director: Jean Dréville
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1938-11-25
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret, Micheline Francey, Paul Cambo

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The Chess Player

*5.3

Status

Released

Production

Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)

Aired

1938-11-25

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.

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