The Chess Player

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(9 votes)

In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.

Country:

France

Genre:

Fantasy,

Drama,

War

Duration:

140 minutes

Year:

1927

Director:

Raymond Bernard

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Company:

Société des Films Historiques

Cast:
Pierre Blanchar

Boleslas Vorowski

Charles Dullin

Baron von Kempelen

Édith Jéhanne

Sophie Novinska

Camille Bert

Maj. Nicolaieff

Pierre Batcheff

Prince Serge Oblomoff

Crew:
Raymond Bernard

Director

Marc Bujard

Director of Photography

Eugène Lourié

Costume Design

W. Percy Day

Special Effects Supervisor

Willy Faktorovitch

Director of Photography