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Shakhmatnaya goryachka

  • 19251925
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 28m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.4K
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José Raúl Capablanca, Vladimir Fogel, and Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
ComedyShort
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 negl... Read allWith 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 ... Read allWith 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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
134,779
25,473
  • Directors
    • Vsevolod Pudovkin
    • Mykola Shpykovskyi
  • Writer
    • Mykola Shpykovskyi
  • Stars
    • José Raúl Capablanca
    • Vladimir Fogel
    • Anna Zemtsova
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Vsevolod Pudovkin
    • Mykola Shpykovskyi
  • Writer
    • Mykola Shpykovskyi
  • Stars
    • José Raúl Capablanca
    • Vladimir Fogel
    • Anna Zemtsova
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    • 13User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Vladimir Fogel and Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Vladimir Fogel and Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Vladimir Fogel and Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Vladimir Fogel and Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Vladimir Fogel and Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Vladimir Fogel in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Anna Zemtsova in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
    Sergey Komarov in Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)
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    Shakhmatnaya goryachka (1925)

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    José Raúl Capablanca
    • The World Champion
    Vladimir Fogel
    Vladimir Fogel
    • The Hero
    Anna Zemtsova
    • The Heroine
    Natalya Glan
    Zakhar Darevsky
    Mikhail Zharov
    Mikhail Zharov
    • House Painter
    Anatoli Ktorov
    Anatoli Ktorov
    • Tram Passenger
    Yakov Protazanov
    Yakov Protazanov
    • Chemist
    Yuli Raizman
    • Chemist's Assistant
    Ivan Koval-Samborsky
    Ivan Koval-Samborsky
    • Policeman
    Konstantin Eggert
    Konstantin Eggert
    Ernst Grunfeld
    • Self
    Fyodor Ivanov
    Fyodor Ivanov
      Sergey Komarov
      Sergey Komarov
      • Grandfather
      Frank Marshall
      • Self
      Richard Reti
      Richard Reti
      • Self
      Rudolph Spielmann
      • Self
      Carlos Torre
      • Self
      • Directors
        • Vsevolod Pudovkin
        • Mykola Shpykovskyi
      • Writer
        • Mykola Shpykovskyi
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      • Trivia
        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.
      • Connections
        Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az orosz és a szovjet némafilm (1989)

      User reviews13

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      Good Fun, Especially If You Like Chess
      This is very funny and quite creative, and it's particularly enjoyable if you like to play chess. You'd never expect something this genuinely amusing from a Soviet-era film. The movie makes very good use of a simple plot idea, with a young man's "Chess Fever" causing problems for him and his fiancée, setting up a pretty good variety of gags that work quite well. If you are a chess fan, it is also fun to see the great Capablanca making a film appearance, plus shorter appearances by several other well-known players of the era. It's all good entertainment, and a movie well worth seeing.
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      • Snow Leopard
      • May 21, 2002

      Details

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      • Release date
        • December 21, 1925 (Soviet Union)
      • Country of origin
        • Soviet Union
      • Language
        • None
      • Also known as
        • Chess Fever
      • Production company
        • Mezhrabpom-Rus
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      • Runtime
        28 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Silent
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.33 : 1

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