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The Chess Player

The Chess Player

4.7(3 votes)
1938
1h 10m
DramaHistory

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.

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Companies:
Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)

Languages

Original:fr
Spoken:
French

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