The Chess Player

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.

Top Cast

Françoise RosayCatherine II

Conrad VeidtLe baron de Kempelen

Bernard LancretLe prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline FranceySonia Vorowska

Paul CamboLe prince Boleslas Vorowsky

Jacques GrétillatPotemkine

Jean TémersonStanislas

Edmonde GuyWanda Zalewska