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Why War(2025)
Status: Released
Date: 2025-05-21
40%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
In 1932, Albert Einstein was invited by the League of Nations to address a letter on any subject to any person. He chose to correspond with Sigmund Freud about avoiding war. To this day, the correspondence about war of two great thinkers of all time proves to be more relevant than ever. Inspired by this correspondence between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud almost a century ago, the film Why War traces the roots of war, and embarks on a search for an explanation of the savagery of wars that inhabit our world.
Languages: Arabic, French, Hebrew, Ukrainian.
Countries:
Switzerland,
France
ProductionCompanies:
AGAV Films
Elefant Films
Movie: Why War
Top 6 Billed Cast
Irène Jacob
Mathieu Amalric
Micha Lescot
Jérôme Kircher
יעל אבקסיס
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Overview
In 1932, Albert Einstein was invited by the League of Nations to address a letter on any subject to any person. He chose to correspond with Sigmund Freud about avoiding war. To this day, the correspondence about war of two great thinkers of all time proves to be more relevant than ever. Inspired by this correspondence between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud almost a century ago, the film Why War traces the roots of war, and embarks on a search for an explanation of the savagery of wars that inhabit our world.
Release Date
2025-05-21
Average
4
Rating:
2.0 startsTagline
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Languages:
العربيةFrançaisעִבְרִיתУкраїнський
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