Also known as “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.” Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky, written by Nikolai Shpikovsky, 1925.
If you love classic black and white movie with no dialog, you will enjoy this one.
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I;ve seen this movie a while back. It;s not bad.
I love this movie! Capablanca is my favourite chess player and the movie is funny too. You can watch it without knowing russian.