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 ...
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José Raúl Capablanca | ... | The World Champion |
| Vladimir Fogel | ... | The Hero | |
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Anna Zemtsova | ... | The Heroine |
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| Mikhail Zharov | ... | House Painter | |
| Anatoli Ktorov | ... | Tram Passenger | |
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Yuli Raizman | ... | Chemist's Assistant |
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Ernst Grunfeld | ... | Himself |
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Fyodor Ivanov | ... | (as F. Ivanov) |
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Frank Marshall | ... | Himself |
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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. Written by Snow Leopard
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chess | chess tournament | chess player | tournament | absent mindedness |Parents Guide:
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Country:
Soviet UnionRelease Date:
21 December 1925 (Soviet Union) See more »Also Known As:
Chess Fever See more »Company Credits
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SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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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. See more »Connections
Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: Az orosz és a szovjet némafilm (1989) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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.