Dec 21, 1925
28 min
Full-HD

Chess Fever (1925)

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.

Category

Comedy

Country

Soviet Union

Companies

Mezhrabpom-Rus

Vladimir Fogel

The Hero

Anna Zemtsova

Vera

Natalya Glan

Vera's friend

Mikhail Zharov

House Painter

Anatoli Ktorov

Tram Passenger

José Raúl Capablanca

Cameo The World Champion

Yakov Protazanov

Chemist

Yuli Raizman

Chemist's Assistant

Recommended For You

Comedy
1992
Movie

All Ladies Do It

All Ladies Do It

5
1992

After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.

Fantasy
1926
Movie

Faust

Faust

7.9
1926

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Genre : Fantasy

Drama
1930
Movie

Earth

Earth

6.7
1930

Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.

Horror
2024
Movie

#Blue_Whale

#Blue_Whale

6.3
2024

Rebellious schoolgirl Dana grieves for her younger sister, a once-happy kid who suddenly stepped in front of a train. Desperate to learn what happened, she explores her sister's online history, discovering a sinister social-media game.

Documentary
2001
Movie

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

7.4
2001

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.

Genre : Documentary

Drama
2007
Movie

New Boy

New Boy

6.5
2007

A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.

Drama
1930
Movie

Mistress of a Foreigner

Mistress of a Foreigner

6.2
1930

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.

Comedy
2023
Movie

Barbie

Barbie

7
2023

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

Drama
1989
Movie

Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

8.3
1989

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Science Fiction
1968
Movie

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

8.1
1968

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Genre : Science Fiction

Science Fiction
2021
Movie

Dune

Dune

7.8
2021

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Genre : Science Fiction

Drama
2024
Movie

The Substance

The Substance

7.1
2024

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Crime
1976
Movie

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

8.1
1976

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

Thriller
2020
Movie

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

7.4
2020

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

Genre : Thriller

Crime
2024
Movie

Longlegs

Longlegs

6.6
2024

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

Comedy
2016
Movie

La La Land

La La Land

7.9
2016

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

Comedy
2019
Movie

Parasite

Parasite

8.5
2019

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Drama
2000
Movie

In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

8.1
2000

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.