The Chess Player

  • November 1938
  • 1hr

    10mins

  • Drama
  • History
  • Directed by

    Jean Dréville,

    Starring

    Françoise Rosay,

    Conrad Veidt,

    Bernard Lancret,

    Micheline Francey

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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.