Movie

The Chess Player

1938 · 70 min

A tense, old-fashioned historical drama where a clever disguise creates quiet suspense and a melancholic sense of danger.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Deception, survival, freedom, identity
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
survival
freedom
identity
power
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none