Overview

Le Joueur d'échecs

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.

  • Drama
  • History

Budget: 0

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