The Chess Player
A Feature film of
Produced by
Production year1938
French release25/11/1938
Runtime1 h 30 min
Synopsis
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.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Société des Films Véga
- Film exports/foreign sales : StudioCanal Films Limited
- French distribution : Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
Full credits (14)
- Screenwriter : Albert Guyot
- Dialogue Writers : André Doderet, Roger Vitrac, Bernard Zimmer
- Directors of Photography : René Gaveau, André Thomas
- Music Composer : Jean Lenoir
- Editor : Raymond Leboursier
- Sound Recordist : Robert Yvonnet
- Costume designer : Georges K. Benda
- Author of original work : Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
- Producers : Jacques Schwob-D'Héricourt, Antoine De Rouvre
- Production Manager : Jean Rossi
- Assistant editors : Dagmar Bolin, Jacques Vitry
- Production Designer : Marcel Magniez
- Production Designer : Lucien Aguettand
- Still Photographer : Walter Limot
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Historical
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1938
- French release : 25/11/1938
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 1177
- Visa issue date : 30/11/1942
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : - 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
