The Chess Player

Name: The Chess Player
Cast: Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret, Micheline Francey, Paul Cambo

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Jean DrévilleWriters: Albert Guyot, André Doderet, Bernard Zimmer, Roger VitracProducers: Antoine de Rouvre, Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt

Françoise Rosay

as Catherine II

Conrad Veidt

as Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret

as Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey

as Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo

as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques Grétillat

as Potemkine

Jean Témerson

as Stanislas

Edmonde Guy

as Wanda Zalewska

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