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Overview
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Writer:
Nikolai Shpikovsky (writer)
Release Date:
21 December 1925 (Soviet Union) more
Plot:
With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game... more | add synopsis
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Funny. more (6 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Boris Barnet | ... | Thief | |
| José Raúl Capablanca | ... | The World Champion | |
| Zakhar Darevsky | |||
| Konstantin Eggert | |||
| Vladimir Fogel | ... | The Hero | |
| Natalya Glan | |||
| Ernst Grunfeld | ... | Himself | |
| F. Ivanov | |||
| Sergei Komarov | ... | Grandfather | |
| Ivan Koval-Samborsky | ... | Policeman | |
| Anatoli Ktorov | ... | Tram Passenger | |
| Frank Marshall | ... | Himself | |
| Yakov Protazanov | ... | Chemist | |
| Yuli Raizman | ... | Chemist's Assistant | |
| Richard Reti | ... | Himself | |
| Rudolph Spielmann | ... | Himself | |
| Carlos Torre | ... | Himself | |
| F.D. Yates | ... | Himself | |
| Anna Zemtsova | ... | The Heroine | |
| Mikhail Zharov | ... | House Painter |
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Also Known As:
Chess Fever
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28 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Besides José Raúl Capablanca's appearance, the tournament scenes include brief footage of actual games being played in the Moscow 1925 international tournament. Some of the leading chess masters of the era, including Richard Reti, Rudolph Spielmann, Ernst Grunfeld, Frank Marshall, Carlos Torre and F.D. Yates are shown playing their games. more
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Featured in "Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az orosz és a szovjet némafilm (#1.4)" (1989) more
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A clever and funny story of a man addicted to chess. Most interesting for its place in the infamous Soviet montage period of early cinema, this film takes us through the cartoon-like events of a man and his girlfriend. She becomes desperate to sway him from his chess fever, and can only think of one solution...
On the whole, the film is worth watching, short, and lots of fun.