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The Chess Player (French: Le Joueur d'échecs) is a 1927 French silent film directed by Raymond Bernard and based on a novel by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. It is a historical drama set in the late 18th century during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania, and elements of the plot are drawn from the story of the chess-playing automaton known as The Turk.
Original Release
07/20/1927
US Release
05/17/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pierre Blanchar | Boleslas Vorowski |
Charles Dullin | Baron von Kempelen |
Edith Jehanne | Sophie Novinska |
Camille Bert | Maj. Nicolaieff |
Pierre Batcheff | Prince Serge Oblomoff |
Marcelle Charles Dullin | Wanda / Catherine II |
Jackie Monnier | Wanda |
Armand Bernard | Roubenko |
Alexiane | Olga |
Pierre Hot | King Stanislas |
Directors
Writers
Raymond Bernard, Henry Dupuis-Mazuel, Jean-José Frappa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Pierre Blanchar | Boleslas Vorowski |
Charles Dullin | Baron von Kempelen |
Edith Jehanne | Sophie Novinska |
Camille Bert | Maj. Nicolaieff |
Pierre Batcheff | Prince Serge Oblomoff |
Marcelle Charles Dullin | Wanda / Catherine II |
Jackie Monnier | Wanda |
Armand Bernard | Roubenko |
Alexiane | Olga |
Pierre Hot | King Stanislas |
Jaime Devesa | Prince Orloff |
Fridette Fatton | Pola |
Pierre Mindaist | |
Albert Prejean |