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 |
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Ivan Koval-Samborsky
He was 32, 68 years old when he died
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as Policeman |
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Frank Marshall
He was 20, now 78 years old
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as Himself |
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Yuli Raizman
He was 22, 90 years old when he died
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as Chemist's Assistant |
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Boris Barnet
He was 23, 62 years old when he died
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as Thief |
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Anna Zemtsova
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as The Heroine |
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Vladimir Fogel
He was 23, 27 years old when he died
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as The Hero |
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Fyodor Otsep
He was 30, 54 years old when he died
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as Game spectator (uncredited) |
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F. Ivanov
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Natalya Glan
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Carlos Torre
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as Himself |
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Anatoli Ktorov
He was 27, 82 years old when he died
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as Tram Passenger |
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Mikhail Zharov
He was 26, 82 years old when he died
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as House Painter |
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Zakhar Darevsky
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Rudolph Spielmann
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as Himself |
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Konstantin Eggert
He was 42, 72 years old when he died
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Sergei Komarov
He was 34, 66 years old when he died
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as Grandfather |
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Ernst Grünfeld
He was 32, 68 years old when he died
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as Himself |
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F.D. Yates
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as Himself |
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José Raúl Capablanca
He was 37, 53 years old when he died
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as The World Champion |
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Richard Réti
He was 36, 40 years old when he died
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as Himself |
Chess Fever Crew
