"In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress."
Pierre Blanchar
as Boleslas Vorowski
Charles Dullin
as Baron von Kempelen
Édith Jéhanne
as Sophie Novinska
Camille Bert
as Maj. Nicolaieff
Pierre Batcheff
as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Marcelle Charles Dullin
as Wanda
Armand Bernard
as Roubenko
Alexiane
as Olga
Pierre Hot
as King Stanislas
Jaime Devesa
as Prince Orloff
Fridette Fatton
as Pola
Pierre Mindaist
as
Albert Préjean
Raymond Bernard
Director
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller
Director of Photography
Marc Bujard
Willy Faktorovitch
Eugène Lourié
Costume Design
W. Percy Day
Special Effects Supervisor
Jean Perrier
Art Direction
Robert Mallet-Stevens
Set Decoration
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel
Jean-José Frappa
Writer