The Peace Agitator: Albert Einstein
(Der Friedenshetzer – Albert Einstein )
GDR, 1979, 22 min, b&w
In German; no subtitles
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Der Friedenshetzer – Albert Einstein © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Kohlert, Werner |
Kohlert, Werner |
Richter, Annerose (Anne) |
Arnold, Angelika |
Kohlert, Werner |
Zander, Kurt |
DEFA Studio for Documentary Films |
Synopsis
Albert Einstein, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb, was caught in a difficult sitituation when he immigrated to the United States in 1933. Should he, as a pacifist, support the American engineers building the atomic bomb or simply hope that the Nazis wouldn't build their own?