Bed And Sofa/Chess Fever (1925) Rating: Starring: Boris Barnet, Jose Raul Capablanca, Zakhar Darevsky, Konstantin Eggert, Vladimir Fogel Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin, Nikolai Shpikovsky Category: Drama Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 115 mins     "A masterpiece of intimate relations, minutely observed."-Jay Leyda, Kino: A History Of the Russian and Soviet Film Daring for its time - or any time - Bed and Sofa is the story of a love triangle between a woman and two men living together in a one-room basement apartment in 1927 Moscow. When Liuda becomes pregnant and on one knows which man is the father, she must determine her own future. With an involving plot, comic invention, pathos, naturalistic performances, and highly-charged use of space and objects, director Abram Room illuminates the lives of the characters but without offering a simplistic resolution. Instead he successfully uses their personal stories to probe complex issues of lingering patriarchy and female self-sufficiency in the new society. A sparkling print, excellent new music, and an illuminating second-track commentary contribute fresh life and added meaning to an amazingly modern Russian film classic. As a bonus, this DVD also includes Chess Fever, a witty and ingenious satire on the chess craze which swept Moscow at the time of the International Tournament there.