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Nikolai Shpikovsky (writer)
Release Date:
21 December 1925 (Soviet Union)
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With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game...
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Chess
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Tournament
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Kitten
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Chess's Reefer Madness
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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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Chess Fever
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28 min
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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.
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Featured in "Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az orosz és a szovjet némafilm (#1.4)" (1989)
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This is a delightful little film. It is about ultimate addiction. The basic plot involves a young man (they had nerds back in 1925 in Russia), and his relationship with his fiancée. He lives and breathes chess (as do, it seems, most of the Russian people). He carries books, pamphlets, and little chess sets all over his person. He shows up three hours late for a meeting with his young lady, and while she is forgiving him, he has set up a board on a checkered handkerchief that he has put on the floor so he can kneel. As the young woman decides to kill herself, she can't get away from chess. It's there at every turn. Even the container of poison she buys looks like a chess piece. It is all ludicrous, but the comic timing and pratfalls are really cute.