Album 61

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Album 61 (2013)

Directed by Halil Efrat

Documentary · 1h 10m

The World Chess Championship is a juicy battle, rife with passion, power and money. Boris Gelfand has spent his entire life getting ready for this moment; he was raised to become a champion since the age of six. His father devoted all his life to cultivating Boris' talent while obsessively documenting the process. The photo albums tell the father's story as much as that of the son, revealing a simple truth about a man living his own dreams through his son under the Soviet regime. Can any child, given fine Soviet education, become a genius? And is becoming a genius worth the price?

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Cast

B
Boris Gelfand Self
V
Viswanathan Anand Self
I
Ilya Smirin Self
A
Albert Kapengut Self
M
Maxim Rodhstein Self
P
Pavel Eljanov Self
E
Evgeny Tomashevsky Self
V
Vladimir Kramnik Self
A
Abram Izakovitsh Self (archival footage)
N
Nela Gelfand Self
E
Eduard Zelkind Self
T
Tamara Golovei Self

Crew

Director
Halil Efrat
Writer
Halil Efrat
Original Music Composer
Yaniv Fridel, Lemez Lovas
Editor
Halil Efrat
Producer
Aviram Buhris, Lee Yardeni, Idit Kliger

Details

Original title
אלבום 61
Release date
2013-06-14
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
RU
Spoken languages
Hebrew, Russian
Countries
Israel
Production
The New Fund for Cinema and TV, MYmovies, yes