Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 (1927) Rating: Starring: Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin, Edith Jehanne, Camille Bert, Pierre Batcheff, Marcelle Charles, Jacky Monnier, Armand Bernard, Alexiane Director: Raymond Bernard Category: Foreign, Foreign Silent Films, France, Foreign Dramas Studio: Subtitles: [None] Length: 2h 13m     Set during the Polish uprising against Russian rule in the 18th century, The Chess Player (1927) follows a young Polish nobleman who finds himself entangled in a plot involving a mechanical chess-playing automaton, which becomes a symbol of resistance and intellectual defiance.