"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
Jean Dréville
Director
André Doderet
Writer
Albert Guyot
Roger Vitrac
Bernard Zimmer
Antoine de Rouvre
Producer
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt
Raymond Leboursier
Editor
Marcel Magniez
Production Design
Lucien Aguettand
Art Direction
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
René Gaveau
Director of Photography
André Thomas
Jean Lenoir
Original Music Composer
Henry Dupuy-Mazuel
Novel