World War Three (movie)
Der Dritte Weltkrieg- User score: 6.9
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Robert Stone
- Production companies: ZDF, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Discovery, RAI
- Genre: War, Drama, TV Movie
- Release date: 12/1/1998
- Run time: 88 min.
Movie description
This mock documentary uses archival footage, interviews and reports taken out of context and staged interviews to highlight a possible escalation into a nuclear war. In this feature, tension in East Germany, and an uprising triggered by a visit by Gorbachev sees a successful military coup taking place in the USSR. Western actions against brutal crack-downs on civilians involved increases tension between the sides, finally resulting in nuclear war.