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The chess player / Photoplay Productions in association with Thames Television ; directed by Raymond Bernard.
LIBRA DVD 016 733
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Dupuy-Mazuel, Henry, 1885-1962. Le joueur d'échec, author.
- Series:
- Milestone collection
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
- Chess--Drama.
- Chess.
- Dupuy-Mazuel, Henry, 1885-1962--Film adaptations.
- Dupuy-Mazuel, Henry.
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796--Drama.
- Catherine.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Film adaptations.
- Silent films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, tinted & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A costume drama set in the court of Catherine the Great, the film combines romance, politics, and war with the story of the invention of the chess-playing automaton.
- Participant:
- Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dulin, Edith Jehanne, Camille Bert, Pierre Batchell, Marcelle Charles-Dulin.
- Credits:
- Music, Henri Rabaud.
- Notes:
- Restorated version of the film originally released in 1925 under the title: Le joueur d'échecs.
- Based on the novel by Henry Dupuy-Mazuel.
- Silent film with full orchestral score.
- OCLC:
- 52817252
- Publisher Number:
- ID1980MLSDVD Image Entertainment
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