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The Chess Player
Le Joueur d'échecs
Also known as The Devil Is an Empress
5.35 votes19381h 10m
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.
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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
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
Delphin
Manuel Gary
Gaston Modot
Crew
Jean DrévilleDirectorAndré DoderetWriterJean DrévilleWriterRoger VitracWriterBernard ZimmerWriterAlbert GuyotWriterJean LenoirOriginal Music ComposerAndré ThomasDirector of PhotographyRené GaveauDirector of Photography
Raymond LeboursierEditorJacques Schwob-d'HéricourtProducerAntoine de RouvreProducer
