Le Joueur d’échecs
AKA The Chess Player in the USA : {The Chessplayer}
(1927) French
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 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Games: Chess

Listing updated: 18 March 2006.

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

Home Video: DVD.