CinemaOSMovie · 2013 · 1h 10m

Album 61

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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?

Directed byHalil Efrat

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Runtime
1h 10m
Language
RU
Released
June 14, 2013
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MYmoviesyesThe New Fund for Cinema and TV

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Go2Films- Album 61 Trailer

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Boris Gelfand

Self

Viswanathan Anand

Self

Ilya Smirin

Self

Albert Kapengut

Self

Maxim Rodhstein

Self

Pavel Eljanov

Self

Evgeny Tomashevsky

Self

Vladimir Kramnik

Self

Abram Izakovitsh

Self (archival footage)

Nela Gelfand

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Halil Efrat
Written by
Halil Efrat
Produced by
Lee Yardeni
Aviram Buhris

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