José Raúl Capablanca

The World Champion

Vladimir Fogel

The Hero

Anna Zemtsova

The Heroine

Natalya Glan

Zakhar Darevsky

Mikhail Zharov

House Painter

Anatoli Ktorov

Tram Passenger

Yakov Protazanov

Chemist

Yuli Raizman

Chemist's Assistant

Ivan Koval-Samborskyi

Policeman

Konstantin Eggert

Ernst Grunfeld

Self

Fyodor Ivanov

Sergei Komarov

Grandfather

Frank Marshall

Self

Richard Reti

Self

Rudolph Spielmann

Self

Carlos Torre

Self

F.D. Yates

Self

Boris Barnet

(uncredited)

Vladimir Nabokov

(uncredited)

Fyodor Otsep

Game Spectator (uncredited)