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.
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Françoise Rosay
Catherine II
Conrad Veidt
Le baron de Kempelen
Bernard Lancret
Le prince Serge Oblonsky
Micheline Francey
Sonia Vorowska
Paul Cambo
Le prince Boleslas Vorowsky
Jacques Grétillat
Potemkine
Jean Témerson
Stanislas
Edmonde Guy
Wanda Zalewska
Delphin
Manuel Gary
Gaston Modot
Lucien Aguettand
Art Direction
Roger Vitrac
Writer
Albert Guyot
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
Jean Dréville
Director
Bernard Zimmer
Raymond Leboursier
Editor
André Doderet
Antoine de Rouvre
Producer
Marcel Magniez
Production Design
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
René Gaveau
Director of Photography
Jean Lenoir
Original Music Composer
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel
André Thomas
