The Chess Player (1938 film)
Appearance
The Chess Player | |
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Directed by | Jean Dréville |
Written by | André Doderet Jean Dréville Albert Guyot Roger Vitrac Bernard Zimmer |
Based on | Le Jour d'échecs by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel |
Produced by | Antoine de Rouvre Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt |
Starring | Françoise Rosay Conrad Veidt Bernard Lancret |
Cinematography | René Gaveau André Thomas |
Edited by | Raymond Leboursier |
Music by | Jean Lenoir |
Production company | Société des Films Vega |
Distributed by | Compagnie Française Cinématographique (France) Columbia Pictures (United States) |
Release dates | November 25, 1938 (France) December 3, 1939 (United States) |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Chess Player (French: Le joueur d'échecs) is a 1938 French historical drama film directed by Jean Dréville, released by Compagnie Française Cinématographique in France and Columbia Pictures in the United States and starring Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt and Bernard Lancret.[1] It is a remake of the 1927 silent film The Chess Player.
Cast
- Françoise Rosay as Catherine II
- Conrad Veidt as Le baron de Kempelen
- Bernard Lancret as Le prince Serge Oblonsky
- Micheline Francey as Sonia Vorowska
- Paul Cambo as Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
- Jacques Grétillat as Potemkine
- Jean Témerson as Stanislas, le roi de Pologne
- Edmonde Guy as Wanda Zalewska, la danseuse
- Gaston Modot as Major Nicolaieff
References
- ^ Soister p.281
Bibliography
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
External links
Categories:
- 1938 films
- French films
- French historical drama films
- 1930s historical drama films
- French-language films
- Films directed by Jean Dréville
- Films set in Poland
- Films set in the 18th century
- French film remakes
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Cultural depictions of Catherine the Great
- Columbia Pictures films
- French black-and-white films
- 1938 drama films
- 1930s French film stubs