In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Société des Films Historiques
Keywords
- chess
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Top Cast
Pierre Blanchar as Boleslas Vorowski
Charles Dullin as Baron von Kempelen
Édith Jéhanne as Sophie Novinska
Camille Bert as Maj. Nicolaieff
Pierre Batcheff as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Marcelle Charles Dullin as Wanda
Armand Bernard as Roubenko
Alexiane as Olga
Top Crew
Raymond Bernard · Director, Writer
Jean-José Frappa · Writer
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel · Novel
Marc Bujard · Cinematographer
Willy Faktorovitch · Cinematographer
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