In 1932, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Freud. The great physicist speculated on what it might take to make war obsolete. Unsure of the validity of his ideas, Einstein asked the celebrated psychoanalyst to give his vision of what might end international conflict. Two months later, Freud sent a reply to Einstein. Freud agreed with some of Einstein’s political insights, while adding a psychological perspective. In 1933 their correspondence was published as “Why War?” The book obviously didn’t slow down the march toward World War II. But it did persuasively argue that the best hope for overcoming violence is to question it. Carrying on that tradition, Russian filmmaker Arthur Mikheev gives us “War Is Not a Game.”

“War Is Not a Game” took the top prize in the short film category at the 2021 International Mobil Film Festival.”

The editors of MobileMovieMaking have chosen “War Is Not a Game” as the Mobile Movie of the Week.