The Chess Player
1938, French. Directed by Jean Dréville.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Jean DrévilleDirector
- Françoise RosayCatherine II
- Conrad VeidtLe baron de Kempelen
- Bernard LancretLe prince Serge Oblonsky
- Micheline FranceySonia Vorowska
- Paul CamboLe prince Boleslas Vorowsky
- Jacques GrétillatPotemkine
- Jean TémersonStanislas
- Edmonde GuyWanda Zalewska
- DelphinCast
- Manuel GaryCast
- Gaston ModotCast
Details
- Released
- 25 November 1938
- Original title
- Le Joueur d'échecs
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Roger Vitrac, Albert Guyot, Jean Dréville
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The Chess Player runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Which OTT platform is The Chess Player on?
The Chess Player isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 November 1938. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Chess Player?
If you liked The Chess Player, try Munich - The Edge of War, Adventures of a Mathematician, Radium Girls.
Who directed The Chess Player?
The Chess Player (1938) was directed by Jean Dréville and stars Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Bernard Lancret.