Chess Fever

Mykola Shpykovskyi
1925-12-21


6.34
24 min

With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.

Cast

Name Character Team
Vladimir Fogel The Hero Unowned
Anna Zemtsova Vera Unowned
Natalya Glan Vera's friend Unowned
Mikhail Zharov House Painter Unowned
Anatoli Ktorov Tram Passenger Unowned
José Raúl Capablanca Cameo The World Champion Unowned
Yakov Protazanov Chemist Unowned
Yuli Raizman Chemist's Assistant Unowned
Ivan Koval-Samborskyi Policeman Unowned
Konstantin Eggert Unowned
Boris Barnet Cameo (uncredited) Unowned
Vladimir Nabokov Cameo (uncredited) Unowned
Fyodor Otsep Game Spectator (uncredited) Unowned
Sergei Komarov Grandfather Unowned
Zakhar Darevskiy Unowned
Fyodor Ivanov Unowned
Ernst Grunfeld Cameo Unowned
Frank Marshall Cameo Unowned
Richard Reti Cameo Unowned
Rudolph Spielmann Cameo Unowned
Carlos Torre Cameo Unowned
Frederick Dewhurst Yates Cameo Unowned
Orlov-Broshat Unowned
Vladimir Uralskiy Man in the waiting line Unowned