The Devil Is an Empress
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.
Cast
Françoise Rosay
Catherine II
Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
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Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
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Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
Jean Témerson
Stanislas, le roi de Pologne
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Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska, la danseuse
Delphin
Yegor, le bouffon
Manuel Gary
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Jean Lenoir
Composer
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René Gaveau
Cinematographer
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André Thomas
Cinematographer