Chess Player (1938)

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Country: France
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
Release: 1939-12-03
Director: Jean Dréville
Writers: André Doderet , Jean Dréville , Henry Dupuis-Mazuel , Albert Guyot
Language: French
Stars: Françoise Rosay , Conrad Veidt , Bernard Lancret , Micheline Francey , Paul Cambo , Jacques Grétillat , Jean Témerson , Edmonde Guy , Delphin , Manuel Gary
Runtime: 70 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Le joueur d'échecs (France, French Republic) , O Último Jogo (Brazil) , De schaakspeler (Netherlands the) , Carica se zabavlja , The Chess Player , Chess Player (United Kingdom) , Gracz w szachy (Poland) , Katariina II:n käskystä (Finland) , O Jogador de Xadrez (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Le joueur d'échecs , Scacco alla regina (Italy) , O daimon tis vilnas (Greece) , The Devil Is an Empress
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0030292