“ Chess fever " is a Soviet comedy feature film shot by directors Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky in 1925.
| Chess fever | |
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| Genre | comedy |
| Producer | Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky |
| Author script | Nikolai Shpikovsky |
| In the main cast | Vladimir Vogel A. Zemtsova |
| Operator | Anatoly Golovnya |
| Film company | Mezhrabp-Rus |
| Duration | 28 minutes |
| A country | Soviet Union |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1925 |
| IMDb | ID 0015673 |
G. N. Ryabova notes the lack of ideology and a class approach in the film, which “later became a characteristic feature of Soviet art”. The signs of the time are only figures of policemen [1] .
Content
Story
The film takes place in Moscow , during the days of the international chess tournament . The whole city is staggered by chess fever. The young man ( Vladimir Vogel ) is so passionate about chess that he misses his own wedding. The grotesque also manifests itself in the appearance of the protagonist: socks, a tie, a cap, a handkerchief, a scarf - all in a checkerboard pattern. However, the then World Chess Champion Capablanca saves the couple from seemingly inevitable disagreement. In the movie you can see a lot of world chess stars of that time, among them Carlos Torre , Frank Marshall , Frederick Yates and Richard Reti .
Cast
- Vladimir Vogel - chess player
- Anna Zemtsova - Verochka, the bride of a chess player
- Natalya Glan - Verochka's girlfriend
- Jose Raul Capablanca - in the role of himself ( cameo )
- Julius Rayzman - assistant pharmacist
- Mikhail Zharov - painter
- Ivan Koval-Samborsky - policeman
- Anatoly Ktorov - fined citizen
- Yakov Protazanov - pharmacist
- Fedor Osep - episode
- Zakhar Darevsky - episode
- Orlov-Broschat - episode
- chess tournament participants
- According to Charles Kinbot's Silvery light study, Vladimir Nabokov appears in one of the movie's scenes for a few seconds, starring as an extras. [2]
Camera crew
- Operator - Anatoly Golovnya
- Assistant Director: B. Sveshnikov
Technical Data
- Feature film, black and white, dumb.
- DVD Edition (USA): Enters the DVD “Three Complete Classics of the Soviet Avant-Garde”. Publisher: Kino International Corporation , New York , USA , 2003 (with English subtitles).
- Rights belong to: public domain . English translation by Kino International Corporation , 1991 .
Notes
Links
- Chess fever movie on Google Video