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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
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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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 10 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −39 min on the typical 109
typical 10970Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1938
November 25, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
- France
and 5 moreDirecting · 1
- Jean Dréville Director, Writer
Writing · 5
- Bernard Zimmer Writer
- Albert Guyot Writer
- Roger Vitrac Writer
- André Doderet Writer
- Henry Dupuy-Mazuel Novel
Production · 2
- Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt Producer
- Antoine de Rouvre Producer
Camera · 2
- André Thomas Director of Photography
- René Gaveau Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Raymond Leboursier Editor
Sound · 1
- Jean Lenoir Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Marcel Magniez Production Design
- Lucien Aguettand Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Georges K. Benda Costume Design
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