Album 61
Album 61

Album 61

June 14, 2013 | 70 min

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?

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Boris Gelfand

Naomi Scott

Viswanathan Anand

Naomi Scott

Ilya Smirin

Naomi Scott

Albert Kapengut

Naomi Scott

Maxim Rodhstein

Naomi Scott

Pavel Eljanov

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