25 November 1938 Drama, History 70 mins
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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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
Jean Dréville Director
André Doderet Writer
Jean Dréville Writer
Albert Guyot Writer
Roger Vitrac Writer
Bernard Zimmer Writer
Antoine de Rouvre Producer
Jacques Schwob-d'Héricourt Producer
Raymond Leboursier Editor
Marcel Magniez Production Design
Lucien Aguettand Art Direction
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France 25 November 1938
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01 November 1938
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A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
21 December 1938
In the village of Sableuse, the local manor has been bought out by a nouveau riche, Emile Cousinet. When his wife Lisette, a former music hall actress, flees to Paris with young Pierre de Sableuse, Cousinet asks Father Pellegrin, the village vicar, to bring the lost sheep back home.
23 July 1938
After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.
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This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940 in Japan which however were cancelled because of the Japanese-Chinese war.
31 March 1938
Angry, because he is making too many headlines with his gang-busting activities, the police chief transfers Lt.
03 February 1938
Reflecting the filmmaker's passion for automobiles, who in his youth participated in car races, the film portrays the attempt to manufacture a new model in the Ford factory in the city of Porto.
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The underage Rosemarie is still too young to run her inherited farm by herself; but she's more than aware that her foster father and the farm's administrator, the farmer Schlieker, is constantly skimming from the farm's finances to line his own pocket.
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A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
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The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.
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