Chess Fever

Chess Fever

1925
24m
6.3

6.3/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mezhrabpom-Rus
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Original Title Шахматная горячка
Release Date December 21, 1925
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0015673

Cast

Vladimir Fogel
Vladimir Fogel

The Hero

Anna Zemtsova
Anna Zemtsova

Vera

Natalya Glan
Natalya Glan

Vera's friend

Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov

House Painter

Anatoli Ktorov
Anatoli Ktorov

Tram Passenger

José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca

Cameo The World Champion

Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov

Chemist

Yuli Raizman
Yuli Raizman

Chemist's Assistant

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy

Policeman

Konstantin Eggert
Konstantin Eggert

Boris Barnet
Boris Barnet

Cameo (uncredited)

Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov

Cameo (uncredited)

Key Crew

Vsevolod Pudovkin
Director
Mykola Shpykovskyi
Writer
Mykola Shpykovskyi
Director