José Raúl Capablanca
The World Champion
Vladimir Fogel
The Hero
Anna Zemtsova
The Heroine
Natalya Glan
Zakhar Darevskiy
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)