The Chess Player

The Chess Player
  • Release date: 3 Dec 1939
  • Release year: 1939
  • Runtime: 70 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Keywords: chess, young, based on novel
Plot:
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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