The Chess Player poster

The Chess Player

1938 • 1h10m Drama, History

Rating

4.4/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Jean Dréville

Screenplay

Roger Vitrac

Albert Guyot

Jean Dréville

Cast

Françoise Rosay

Conrad Veidt

Bernard Lancret

Release date

11/25/1938

Status

Released

Origin country

FR

Vote count

4