The Chess Player (1938)
• November 25th, 1938 • 1h 10min
Drama, History
Overview
A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.
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