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