the famous escapes

Le joueur d'échecs

Directed by Christian-Jaque
S1 • E5    Apr 2, 1972    55m
January 1807, Poland is liberated from the Prussian yoke after the Battle of Jena. Emperor Napoleon visits the castle of Hungarian baron Wolfgang von Kempelen, and notices the automata designed by the baron, who died in 1804, in particular the Turkish chess player.

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Cast of Le joueur d'échecs

  • Jacques CastelotVoltaire
  • Robert PartyGlücker
  • Zoltán LatinovitsBaron de Kempelen
  • Robert ManuelNapoléon
  • István BujtorMaelzel
  • Roger DumasDocteur Oslovski
  • Károly MécsWoronski
  • Christian-JaqueDirector
  • Henri KubnickWriter

 

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