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?

Halil Efrat

Director

Lee Yardeni

Producer

Vitali Karivich

Cinematography

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

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