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childhood memory of the film is vague, except that I remember it as scary. The end of the film made a lasting impression on me. The chess machine was taken out to a place in the
Mexican desert on horseback and tied to a cactus as a kind of death sentence. The policemen who tied it up and rode off was unaware of the dwarf chess player inside the cabinet. The final scene shows the dwarf's leg dangling from the box.
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The only written information I could find is on the bdff web page, first link below. There are a few good stills and release articles that may be of interest on the same web page. The film is not available for purchase or rental online, so this page contains the only description of the plot, which is
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I saw this movie on TV when I was a boy and it made a great impression on me. I finally managed to track it down online. The presentation I saw was dubbed into the
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Title: Histoires extraordinaires (series) : Le Joueur d'échecs de
Maelzel (episode 1) Director: Juan Luis Buñuel Details (from IMDB) Release date: February 7, 1981 (France) Countries of origin: France, Mexico Languages: French, Spanish Filming locations: Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico Production
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Why this neglect? Why didn't they keep the machine? Then what is the story of the fires spreading in Europe? It is really something that provokes anger and irony. This is an invaluable thing and they pass it on to each other!! we must rebuild the machine and don't pollutant it by electronics.
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