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Sakk, Kempelen úr! (1976)

Sakk, Kempelen úr! poster
Country
Hungary
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hungarian television series from 1976 about the historical figure Wolfgang von Kempelen, known for his chess-playing automaton. It follows his life and work in three episodes, with Imre Sinkovits in the lead role.

historicalslow-burncerebralcontemplativeintellectualmeasuredformally composedfocused

What happens

A Sakk, Kempelen úr! Hajdufy Miklós rendezésében, Sinkovits Imre főszereplésével 1976-ban készült három részes színes, magyar tévéfilmsorozat. A tévéjátékot a Magyar Televízió IV-es stúdiójában vették fel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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