The Chess Player
1927 · 135 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 350 VOTES · DIR. Raymond Bernard
Overview
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.
Dialogue Timeline — 257 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 Photoplay Productions present
00:03:46 In the silence of the night, a house in the suburbs
00:06:33 Catherine had created a mixed regiment and selected
00:12:11 Equipped with a special talent for mechanics
00:15:33 had died and who had entrusted him with the guardianship of her son, Boleslas, and
00:17:29 Sophie's sixteenth birthday ... we are counting on you"
00:20:08 any chance of winning at chess against Boleslas Vorowski.
00:33:02 Please do not wait for me. Boleslas
00:52:21 In her excitement, Sophie imagined a battle
00:58:01 Meanwhile, Boleslas was at the home of Baron Kempelen
01:03:55 and treacherous, Boleslas Vorowski, will receive a hundred thousand rubles.
01:09:32 the "Chess Player," expressed a desire to see it himself.
01:17:27 as clever and as passionate a chess player as the Empress is ..."
01:23:42 "King Stanislas, impressed by your automaton
01:26:46 "As a precaution, we should immediately hide you in the automaton.
01:29:51 the traditional jester of kings, savored in her own way
01:31:44 in the hands of Baron Kempelen. Go and get them.
01:34:21 at the revelation of the deception
01:37:41 if it bests the Czarina! ..."
01:42:38 In a small room of the Winter Palace
01:46:41 four o'clock
01:52:03 That night in Vilnius, Major Nicolaieff
02:08:24 "It's nothing, just a scratch ... but there is something more urgent
02:13:52 END
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed257
Dialogue density1.9 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line02:13:52
Production Record
DirectorRaymond Bernard
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes350