1938
4.7 (3 votes)
1h 10m
Genres
Drama
History
Production Companies
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
The Chess Player (Le Joueur d'échecs)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Jean Dréville
Writer: André Doderet, Jean Dréville, Albert Guyot, Roger Vitrac, Bernard Zimmer
Producer: Antoine de Rouvre, Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Director of Photography: René Gaveau, André Thomas
