The Chess Player

Plot Summary

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 Rosay Catherine II

Conrad Veidt Le baron de Kempelen

Bernard Lancret Le prince Serge Oblonsky

Micheline Francey Sonia Vorowska

Paul Cambo Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky