The Chess Player

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Release date: November 25, 1938
Duration: 70 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Françoise Rosay
Catherine II
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Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
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Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
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Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
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Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky