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.
Boleslas Vorowski
Baron von Kempelen
Sophie Novinska
Maj. Nicolaieff
Prince Serge Oblomoff
Wanda
Roubenko
Olga
King Stanislas
Prince Orloff
Pola
