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Chess Fever (1925)

6.3 | Dec 21, 1925 (SU) | Comedy | 00:24

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.

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Vladimir Fogel
The Hero
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Natalya Glan
Vera's friend
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Mikhail Zharov
House Painter
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Anatoli Ktorov
Tram Passenger
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José Raúl Capablanca
Cameo The World Champion
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Yuli Raizman
Chemist's Assistant