Album 61
70 mins
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?
Boris Gelfand
Self
Ilya Smirin
Self
Albert Kapengut
Self
Maxim Rodhstein
Self
Pavel Eljanov
Self
Vladimir Kramnik
Self
Abram Izakovitsh
Self (archival footage)
Nela Gelfand
Self
Eduard Zelkind
Self
Tamara Golovei
Self
Manja Gelfand
Self
Halil Efrat
Director
Lee Yardeni
Producer
Aviram Buhris
Producer
Halil Efrat
Writer
Vitali Karivich
Cinematography
Halil Efrat
Editor
Yaniv Fridel
Original Music Composer
Lemez Lovas
Original Music Composer
Aviv Aldema
Sound Designer
Dror Sabo
Associate Producer
Idit Kliger
Producer
Ira Tolchin
Researcher
Nin Hazan
Sound Editor
Ben Mandelson
Musician