Chess Fever | Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky (1925)

Chess Fever, 1925 silent

directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin & Nikolai Shpikovsky.

Written by Nikolai Shpikovsky

Cinematography: Anatoli Golovnya

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Chess Fever is a comedy about the Moscow 1925 chess tournament, made by Pudovkin during the pause in the  filming of Mechanics of the Brain. The film combines acted parts with actual footage from the tournament.