This absurd comedy lampoons the chess boom of the 1920s in the young Soviet Union. A man is so obsessed with chess that he almost jeopardises his impending marriage. CHESS FEVER masterfully blends fictional scenes with documentary footage of an international chess tournament in Moscow and shows real chess greats such as world champion José Raúl Capablanca. It’s a humorous application of Lev Kulešov’s montage theories and an excellent example of Soviet film satire: light, playful and at the same time a mirror of Soviet society’s enthusiasm for chess.
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