José Raúl Capablanca ( Хосе Рауль Капабланка )

The World Champion

Vladimir Fogel ( Vladimir Fogel )

The Hero

Anna Zemtsova ( Anna Zemtsova )

The Heroine

Natalya Glan ( Natalya Glan )

Zakhar Darevsky ( Zakhar Darevsky )

Mikhail Zharov ( Михаил Жаров )

House Painter

Anatoli Ktorov ( Анатолий Кторов )

Tram Passenger

Yakov Protazanov ( Yakov Protazanov )

Chemist

Yuli Raizman ( Yuli Raizman )

Chemist's Assistant

Ivan Koval-Samborskyi ( Ivan Koval-Samborskyi )

Policeman

Konstantin Eggert ( Konstantin Eggert )

Ernst Grunfeld ( Ernst Grunfeld )

Self

Fyodor Ivanov ( Fyodor Ivanov )

Sergei Komarov ( Sergei Komarov )

Grandfather

Frank Marshall ( Frank Marshall )

Self

Richard Reti ( Richard Reti )

Self

Rudolph Spielmann ( Rudolph Spielmann )

Self

Carlos Torre ( Carlos Torre )

Self

F.D. Yates ( F.D. Yates )

Self

Boris Barnet ( Boris Barnet )

(uncredited)

Vladimir Nabokov ( Vladimir Nabokov )

(uncredited)

Fyodor Otsep ( Fyodor Otsep )

Game Spectator (uncredited)