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