WHY WAR
by Amos Gitai
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Why War |
| original title: | Why War |
| country: | Switzerland, France |
| year: | 2024 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Amos Gitai |
| film run: | 87' |
| screenplay: | Amos Gitai |
| cast: | Irène Jacob, Mathieu Amalric, Micha Lescot, Jérôme Kircher, Yaël Abecassis, Keren Morr |
| cinematography by: | Eric Gautier |
| film editing: | Yuval Orr |
| costumes designer: | Cécile Kretschmar |
| music: | Alexey Kochetkov, Louis Sclavis, Kioomars Musayyebi |
| producer: | Amos Gitai, Laurent Truchot, Alexandre Iordachescu |
| co-producer: | Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib, Celya Larré, Rechulski, Shuki Friedman, Gilles Masson |
| production: | Agav Films, Elefant Films Sàrl, Indiana Production Company, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, GAD Fiction, Agav Hafakot (IL), Live & Survive (US) |
