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Le Joueur d’échecs
Also known as The Chess Player in the USA : {The Chessplayer}
(1927) France
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Raymond Bernard

Cast: Pierre Blanchar [Boleslas Vorowski], Charles Dullin [Baron von Kempelen], Edith Jehanne [Sophie Novinska], Camille Bert [Major Nicolaieff], Pierre Batcheff [Prince Serge Oblomoff], Marcelle Charles [Catherine II], Jacky Monnier [Wanda], Armand Bernard [Roubenko], Alexiane [Olga], Pierre Hot [King Stanislas], Jaime Devesa [Prince Orloff], Fridette Fatton [Pola], Albert Préjean

Société des Films Historiques production. / Scenario by Jean-José Frappa, Raymond Bernard and Henry Dupris-Mazuel, from a novel by Henry Dupris-Mazuel. Art direction by Jean Perrier. Costume design by Eugène Lourié. Production assistant, Lily Jumel. Assistant director, Jean Hémard. Cinematography by Marc Bujard, Joseph-Louis Mundwiller, Jean Hémard and Willy. Special effects by W. Percy Day. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Games: Chess

Listing updated: 11 April 2015.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 516 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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