Chess Fever (Шахматная горячка) 98 years old

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.

Credits

Chess Fever Cast

Name Character
Ivan Koval-Samborsky He was 32, 68 years old when he died as Policeman
Frank Marshall He was 20, now 77 years old as Himself
Yuli Raizman He was 22, 90 years old when he died as Chemist's Assistant
Boris Barnet He was 23, 62 years old when he died as Thief
Anna Zemtsova as The Heroine
Vladimir Fogel He was 23, 27 years old when he died as The Hero
Anatoli Ktorov He was 27, 82 years old when he died as Tram Passenger
Fyodor Otsep He was 30, 54 years old when he died as Game spectator (uncredited)
Natalya Glan
Carlos Torre as Himself
Mikhail Zharov He was 26, 82 years old when he died as House Painter
Sergei Komarov He was 34, 66 years old when he died as Grandfather
Zakhar Darevsky
Richard Réti He was 36, 40 years old when he died as Himself
Rudolph Spielmann as Himself
Konstantin Eggert He was 42, 72 years old when he died
Ernst Grünfeld He was 32, 68 years old when he died as Himself
F.D. Yates as Himself
José Raúl Capablanca He was 37, 53 years old when he died as The World Champion
F. Ivanov

Chess Fever Crew

Name Department
Mykola Shpykovsky as Director. He was 28 (80) years old when He died Directing
Anatoli Golovnya as Cinematography. He was 25 (82) years old when He died Crew
Vsevolod Pudovkin as Director. He was 32 (60) years old when He died Directing
Vsevolod Pudovkin as Editor. He was 32 (60) years old when He died Editing
Nikolai Shpikovsky as Director. He was 28 (80) years old when He died Directing
Nikolai Shpikovsky as Writer. He was 28 (80) years old when He died Writing
Roger White as Original Music Composer. He was 15 (now 82) years old Sound
Chess Fever poster
Chess Fever (98 years)

  • Release day: Monday, December 21, 1925
  • Runtime: 28 minutes