The Chess Player

Name: The Chess Player
Director: Jean Dréville
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1938-11-25
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret, Micheline Francey, Paul Cambo

HDIMDB: 5.3

The Chess Player (1938) is a drama, history directed by Jean Dréville rated 5.3/10.

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.

Released: 1938-11-25

Duration: 1h 10m

Genre: Drama, History

Country: France

Director: Jean Dréville

Writer: André Doderet, Jean Dréville, Roger Vitrac

Cast: Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret, Micheline Francey

Production: Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)