Chess Fever (1925)
Shakhmatnaya goryachka (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 20min
- Comedy, Short
- 21 Dec 1925 (Soviet Union)
- Short
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...
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José Raúl Capablanca | ... |
The World Champion
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| Vladimir Fogel | ... |
The Hero
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Anna Zemtsova | ... |
The Heroine
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Natalya Glan |
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Zakhar Darevsky |
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| Mikhail Zharov | ... |
House Painter
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| Anatoli Ktorov | ... |
Tram Passenger
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| Yakov Protazanov | ... |
Chemist
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Yuli Raizman | ... |
Chemist's Assistant
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| Ivan Koval-Samborsky | ... |
Policeman
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| Konstantin Eggert |
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Ernst Grunfeld | ... |
Self
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| Fyodor Ivanov | ... |
(as F. Ivanov)
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| Sergey Komarov | ... |
Grandfather
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Frank Marshall | ... |
Self
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| Richard Reti | ... |
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Rudolph Spielmann | ... |
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Carlos Torre | ... |
Self
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F.D. Yates | ... |
Self
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| Boris Barnet | ... |
Cameo (uncredited)
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| Vladimir Nabokov | ... |
Cameo (uncredited)
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| Fyodor Otsep | ... |
Game spectator (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | ||
| Mykola Shpykovskyi | ... | (as Nikolai Shpikovsky) |
Written by
| Mykola Shpykovskyi | ... | () (as Nikolai Shpikovsky) |
Music by
| Roger White | ||
Cinematography by
| Anatoli Golovnya | ||
Editing by
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | ||
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| B. Sveshnikov | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Izrail Bograd | ... | poster artist |
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- Kino Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Punto Zero (2008) (Italy) (DVD)
- Facets Multimedia Distribution (United States) (VHS)
- Kino Video (United States) (VHS)
- Movies Unlimited (United States) (VHS)
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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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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Az orosz és a szovjet némafilm (1989). See more » |