# The Long Road to War (2018)

> A scholarly documentary investigates how decades of European political tension turned one assassination into the First World War.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/356679

## Facts

- Runtime: 117 min
- Genres: Documentary, History, War
- Director: Miloš Škundrić
- Cast: Hew Strachan, Dominic Lieven, Dušan T. Bataković, Georges Henri-Soutou, Lothar Hobelt, Annika Mombauer, John Rohl, Stig Förster
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3713222/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: serious, investigative, foreboding, history study, documentary night

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