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Release Date:
May 17, 1927
Original Title:
Le Joueur d'échecs
Alternate Titles:
Ο Σκακιστής
Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | War
Production Companies:
Société des Films Historiques
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 135
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.
Art Direction:
Jean Perrier
Costume Design:
Eugène Lourié
Director:
Raymond Bernard
Director of Photography:
Marc Bujard
Willy Faktorovitch
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Novel:
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Set Decoration:
Robert Mallet-Stevens
Special Effects Supervisor:
W. Percy Day
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