The Chess Player

Name: The Chess Player
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Released: 1927-05-17
Duration: 140 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin, Édith Jéhanne, Camille Bert, Pierre Batcheff

6.4 (9 votes) IMDb 7.1 (366) May 1927 2h 20m

Drama Fantasy War

Overview

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.

Société des Films Historiques

French

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

Key Crew

Raymond Bernard

Director

Henry Dupuy-Mazuel

Novel

Jean-José Frappa

Writer

Joseph-Louis Mundwiller

Director of Photography

Willy Faktorovitch

Director of Photography

Marc Bujard

Director of Photography

Jean Perrier

Art Direction

Robert Mallet-Stevens

Set Decoration

Eugène Lourié

Costume Design

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The Chess Player

Overview

Cast

Key Crew

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