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The Chess Player

64 %|May 17, 1927|Fantasy, Drama, War

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.

Featured Crew

Raymond Bernard
Director
Willy Faktorovitch
Director of Photography
W. Percy Day
Special Effects Supervisor
Marc Bujard
Director of Photography
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Director of Photography
Eugène Lourié
Costume Design
Robert Mallet-Stevens
Set Decoration
Jean Perrier
Art Direction

Cast

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Pierre Blanchar
Boleslas Vorowski
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Charles Dullin
Baron von Kempelen
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Édith Jéhanne
Sophie Novinska
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Camille Bert
Maj. Nicolaieff
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Pierre Batcheff
Prince Serge Oblomoff
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Pierre Hot
King Stanislas
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Jaime Devesa
Prince Orloff