The Chess Player
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1927
French release20/07/1927
Runtime2 h 15 min
Synopsis
Set in 1776, the Polish have begun to revolt against the occupying Russians. When a Polish nobleman who leads a secret liberation movement becomes a fugitive, an inventor constructs an automaton of a chess player and hides him inside. The chess player goes on to battle the Russians on a different front: the chess board. Of course, the movie also throws in a love triangle between the beautiful girl, the Polish agent and a Russian officer.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Historiques
- French distribution : Exclusivité Jean de Merly
Full credits (7)
- Screenwriters : Raymond Bernard, Jean-José Frappa
- Director of Photography : Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
- Music Composer : Henri Rabaud
- Assistant Director : Jean Hémard
- Costume designer : Eugène Lourie
- Author of original work : Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
- Production Designers : Rob Mallet-Stevens, Jean Perrier, Marc Bujard, Willy Faktorovitch
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical
- Production language : Silent
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
