Directed by
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | ||
| Mykola Shpykovskyi | ... | (as Nikolai Shpikovsky) |
Writing Credits
| Mykola Shpykovskyi | ... | (as Nikolai Shpikovsky) |
Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
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José Raúl Capablanca | ... | The World Champion |
| Vladimir Fogel | ... | The Hero | |
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Anna Zemtsova | ... | The Heroine |
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Natalya Glan | ||
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Zakhar Darevsky | ||
| Mikhail Zharov | ... | House Painter | |
| Anatoli Ktorov | ... | Tram Passenger | |
| Yakov Protazanov | ... | Chemist | |
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Yuli Raizman | ... | Chemist's Assistant |
| Ivan Koval-Samborsky | ... | Policeman | |
| Konstantin Eggert | |||
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Ernst Grunfeld | ... | Self |
| Fyodor Ivanov | ... | (as F. Ivanov) | |
| Sergey Komarov | ... | Grandfather | |
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Frank Marshall | ... | Self |
| Richard Reti | ... | Self | |
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Rudolph Spielmann | ... | Self |
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Carlos Torre | ... | Self |
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F.D. Yates | ... | Self |
| Boris Barnet | ... | Cameo (uncredited) | |
| Vladimir Nabokov | ... | Cameo (uncredited) | |
| Fyodor Otsep | ... | Game spectator (uncredited) | |
Music by
| Roger White | ||
Cinematography by
| Anatoli Golovnya | ||
Editing by
| Vsevolod Pudovkin | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| B. Sveshnikov | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Izrail Bograd | ... | poster artist |
