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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.
Directors
Producer
Music
Roger White
Studio
Mezhrabpom-Rus
Original Title
Шахматная горячка
Original Language
Russian
Cast
Full credits →V
Vladimir Fogel
The Hero
A
Anna Zemtsova
Vera
M
Mikhail Zharov
House Painter
A
Anatoli Ktorov
Tram Passenger
Y
Yakov Protazanov
Chemist
Y
Yuli Raizman
Chemist's Assistant
I
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Policeman
K
Konstantin Eggert
B
Boris Barnet
Cameo (uncredited)
F
Fyodor Otsep
Game Spectator (uncredited)
S
Sergei Komarov
Grandfather
F
Fyodor Ivanov
V
Vladimir Uralskiy
Man in the waiting line
