The Hero
Vladimir Fogel
The Hero

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.
The Hero
Vladimir Fogel
The Hero
Vera
Anna Zemtsova
Vera
Vera's friend
Natalya Glan
Vera's friend
House Painter
Mikhail Zharov
House Painter
Tram Passenger
Anatoli Ktorov
Tram Passenger
Cameo The World Champion
José Raúl Capablanca
Cameo The World Champion
Chemist
Yakov Protazanov
Chemist
Chemist's Assistant
Yuli Raizman
Chemist's Assistant
Policeman
Ivan Koval-Samborskyi
Policeman
Konstantin Eggert
Cameo (uncredited)
Boris Barnet
Cameo (uncredited)
Cameo (uncredited)
Vladimir Nabokov
Cameo (uncredited)
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