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.
Cast
Pierre Blanchar
Boleslas Vorowski
Charles Dullin
Baron von Kempelen
Édith Jéhanne
Sophie Novinska
Camille Bert
Maj. Nicolaieff
Pierre Batcheff
Prince Serge Oblomoff
Marcelle Charles Dullin
Wanda
Armand Bernard
Roubenko
Alexiane
Olga
Pierre Hot
King Stanislas
Jaime Devesa
Prince Orloff
Fridette Fatton
Pola
Pierre Mindaist
Albert Préjean
Crew
Raymond Bernard
Director
Marc Bujard
Director of Photography
Eugène Lourié
Costume Design
W. Percy Day
Special Effects Supervisor
Willy Faktorovitch
Director of Photography
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Director of Photography
Jean Perrier
Art Direction
Robert Mallet-Stevens
Set Decoration
Jean-José Frappa
Writer
Raymond Bernard
Writer
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel