The Chess Player
1938, drama, history
70 minutes
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.
Cast
Catherine II
Le baron de Kempelen
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Sonia Vorowska
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
Potemkine
Stanislas
Wanda Zalewska
Crew
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Director
Editing
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Sound
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