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