The Chess Player
1927 • Directed by
Raymond Bernard
Fantasy, Drama, War
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.
Release Date
5/17/1927
Rating
6.4/10
Cast
Crew
Raymond Bernard
Director
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Director of Photography
Marc Bujard
Director of Photography
Willy Faktorovitch
Director of Photography
Eugène Lourié
Costume Design
W. Percy Day
Special Effects Supervisor
Jean Perrier
Art Direction
Robert Mallet-Stevens
Set Decoration
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel
Jean-José Frappa
Writer
