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Chess Player

CHESS PLAYER

Le joueur d'échecs

Directed by Jean Dréville
France, 1938
Drama, Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.