Chess of Life (russian: Шахматы жизни) is a 1916 silent film directed by
Alexander Uralskiy.
Plot
The film tells about a woman who morally "degenerates" with the help of love.
Starring
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Vera Kholodnaya
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya ( Levchenko; russian: link=no, Вера Васильевна Холодная; uk, link=no, Віра Василівна Холодна; 5 August 1893 – 16 February 1919) was an actress of Russian Empire cinema. She w ...
К Году кино в России. Выставка "Закованные фильмой": Серебряный век русского кино
/ref> as Inna
* Ivan Perestiani
Ivan Nikolaevich Perestiani (also Ivane, ka, ივანე პერესტიანი; russian: Иван Николаевич Перестиани; — 14 May 1959) was a Georgian/Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor, and Peop ...
as Baron Kering
* Nikolai Tseretelli
Nikolai Mikhailovich Tseretelli (Russian: Николай Михайлович Церетелли) 1 October 1890 – 6 February 1942 was a Soviet stage and silent film actor of Uzbek origin.
In 1923, the German artist Max Beckmann drew a portrai ...
as Mark Rudnetskiy
* Nonna Leshinskaya as Mark Rudnetskiy
References
1916 films
1910s Russian-language films
Russian silent films
Russian black-and-white films
Films of the Russian Empire
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