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The Chess Player (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Chess Player' is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Jean Drville and starring Franoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt and Bernard Lancret.Soister p.281 It is a remake of the 1927 silent film 'The Chess Player', itself based on the 1926 novel of the same title by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. The film takes place in Vilnius during the reign of Catherine the Great.
It was shot at the Cit Elg studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Marcel Magniez. It was released by Compagnie Franaise Cinmatographique in France and Columbia Pictures in the United States
Cast
* Franoise Rosay as Catherine II
* Conrad Veidt as Le baron de Kempelen
* Bernard Lancret as Le prince Serge Oblonsky
* Micheline Francey as Sonia Vorowska
* Paul Cambo as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
* Jacques Grtillat as Potemkine
* Jean Tmerson as Stanislas, le roi de Pologne
* Edmonde Guy as Wanda Zalewska, la danseuse
* Gaston Modot as Major Nicolaieff
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, Colin. 'Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939'. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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