The Chess Player
Le Joueur d'échecs
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.
Jean Dréville Director René Gaveau Director of Photography André Thomas Director of Photography Raymond Leboursier Editor Jean Lenoir Original Music Composer Roger Vitrac Writer Albert Guyot Writer Jean Dréville Writer Bernard Zimmer Writer André Doderet Writer Henry Dupuy-Mazuel Novel Antoine de Rouvre Producer
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