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 André Thomas Director of Photography René Gaveau Director of Photography Raymond Leboursier Editor Jean Lenoir Original Music Composer André Doderet Writer Jean Dréville Writer Roger Vitrac Writer Bernard Zimmer Writer Albert Guyot Writer Henry Dupuy-Mazuel Novel Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt Producer
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