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The Chess Player (1938) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1938 · 70 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Jean Dréville
- Starring
- Gaston Modot, Jean Témerson, Conrad Veidt, Jacques Grétillat, Delphin, Françoise Rosay
In occupied Poland, a toymaker who specializes in building life‑size mechanical men constructs a chess‑playing automaton. The device hides a young Polish activist, a pretty woman pursued by the occupying Russian forces, turning the game into a daring cover for her escape.
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