In the late 1700s, a chess-playing automaton marched across Europe, achieving checkmates against novices and masters alike–all while hiding an incredible secret…
Music:
- Concerto for Lute and Plucked Strings by Siefried Behrend & DZO Chamber Orchestra
- Clockwork Toccata, Op. 68 by Fulvio Caldini & the Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
- Concerto no. 5 en la mineur by Bach
- Mr. Moustafa by Alexandre Desplat
- Denmark by Gideon Fruedmann & the Portland Cello Project
- Night Train to Nebelsbad by Alexandre Desplat
- Water Music Suite by Handel & the English Concert
- Portrait Gallery by Luke Howard
- Morning Talk/Supersymmetry by Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett
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