Yes, today would be--let's see now--the 137th birthday of Jakob Seel (pronounced Sail). That's right. The real Jakob featured in our upcoming film, Under Jakob's Ladder, was born on this date, October 29, 1871 in Ukraine.
And, yes, that's a photo of him on the right. Looking a little stern. Dressed in his uniform when he served in the Russian army during World War 1. (It's probably in that very uniform that he used to play (and win) against his superior officers in all those chess matches.)
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