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Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi
Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi: A Double Portrait in the Interior of the Age
Dir.: Galina Evtushenko, Anna Evtushenko | 56 minutes

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Following the screening, conversation with filmmakers Galina and Anna Evtushenko

Russia 2016 | 56 minutes | Russian | Hebrew subtitles

The two great teachers of humanity, Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi never met but kept in touch through correspondence in the last years of the writer's life. Their letters exchange, which included a discussion of philosophical, religious, and political issues, is the basis of this film. The film takes place worldwide - in Tolstoy's house in Yasenia Polyana, London, Delhi, and Johannesburg. The two thinkers discussed opposing evil, racism, and intolerance through the philosophy of non-violence. Russia and India have no common border, but Tolstoy and Gandhi shared a spiritual world.