The Chess Player (1938 film)

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.

The Chess Player
Directed byJean Dréville
Produced byAntoine de Rouvre
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Written byAndré Doderet
Jean Dréville
Albert Guyot
Roger Vitrac
Bernard Zimmer
Based onLe Jour d'échecs
by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
StarringFrançoise Rosay
Conrad Veidt
Bernard Lancret
Music byJean Lenoir
CinematographyRené Gaveau
André Thomas
Edited byRaymond Leboursier
Production
company
Société des Films Vega
Distributed byCompagnie Française Cinématographique (France)
Columbia Pictures (United States)
Release date
November 25, 1938 (France)
December 3, 1939 (United States)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Cast

References

  1. Soister p.281

Bibliography

  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.


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