The Chess Player (1927)

Original title

Le Joueur d'échecs

Directed by

Raymond Bernard

Genre

drama film, silent film, war film, historical film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 15m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late 18th century Polish Lithuania under Russian rule, a man uses a chess-playing automaton to navigate political intrigue and personal peril. The film blends historical events with a tale of resistance and deception.

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What happens

The Chess Player (French: Le Joueur d'échecs) is a 1927 French silent film directed by Raymond Bernard and based on a novel by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel. It is a historical drama set in the late 18th century during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania, and elements of the plot are drawn from the story of the chess-playing automaton known as The Turk. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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