The Chess Player

Year: 1938

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: French

Director: Jean Dréville

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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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