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Chess Fever

Original title: Shakhmatnaya goryachka
1925 · 20 min
Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Comedy

Cast

José Raúl Capablanca Vladimir Fogel Anna Zemtsova

Plot

A comedy about a man obsessed with chess, co-directed with Nikolai Shpikovsky.

Sinekatalog’s take

Vsevolod Pudovkin's silent comedy has a man so obsessed with chess that he neglects his bride, with a cameo by champion Capablanca. Quick, witty and playful, it is a charming slapstick short in the Soviet silent tradition.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,608 votes)
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