13 Aug 1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
The Chess Player
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
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