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

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy

Policeman

Konstantin Eggert

Boris Barnet

Cameo (uncredited)

Fyodor Otsep

Game Spectator (uncredited)

Sergei Komarov

Grandfather

Zakhar Darevskiy

Fyodor Ivanov

Ernst Grunfeld

Cameo

Frank Marshall

Cameo

Richard Reti

Cameo

Rudolph Spielmann

Cameo

Carlos Torre

Cameo

Frederick Dewhurst Yates

Cameo

Orlov-Broshat

Vladimir Uralskiy

Man in the waiting line