
Chess Fever
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.
Release Date: 1925-12-21
Comedy
★★★★★★★★★★ (48 votes)
Casts

Vladimir Fogel
as The Hero

Anna Zemtsova
as Vera

Mikhail Zharov
as House Painter

Anatoli Ktorov
as Tram Passenger

José Raúl Capablanca
as Cameo The World Champion

Yakov Protazanov
as Chemist

Yuli Raizman
as Chemist's Assistant

Ivan Koval-Samborskyi
as Policeman

Boris Barnet
as Cameo (uncredited)

Vladimir Nabokov
as Cameo (uncredited)