Film
The Chess Player
1938Directed by Jean Dréville
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
About The Chess Player
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Jean Dréville
- Writers
- André Doderet
- Jean Dréville
- Roger Vitrac
- Bernard Zimmer
- Albert Guyot
- Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
- Original title
- Le Joueur d'échecs
