The Chess Player
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.
Top Billed Cast
Pierre Blanchar
Boleslas Vorowski
Charles Dullin
Baron von Kempelen
Édith Jéhanne
Sophie Novinska
Camille Bert
Maj. Nicolaieff
Pierre Batcheff
Prince Serge Oblomoff
Featured Crew
Raymond Bernard
Director
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Director of Photography
Marc Bujard
Director of Photography
Willy Faktorovitch
Director of Photography
Eugène Lourié
Costume Design
W. Percy Day
Special Effects Supervisor
Jean Perrier
Art Direction
Robert Mallet-Stevens
Set Decoration
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel
Jean-José Frappa
Writer
Raymond Bernard
Writer