Top Cast
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Pierre Blanchar
Boleslas Vorowski
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Charles Dullin
Baron von Kempelen
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Édith Jéhanne
Sophie Novinska
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Camille Bert
Maj. Nicolaieff
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Pierre Batcheff
Prince Serge Oblomoff
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Marcelle Charles Dullin
Wanda
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Armand Bernard
Roubenko
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Alexiane
Olga
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Pierre Hot
King Stanislas
Overview
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.
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