World War Three
MovieTitle | Der Dritte Weltkrieg |
User score | 6.9 |
Release date | Dec 1, 1998 |
Genre | War, Drama, TV Movie |
Director | Robert Stone |
Production country | Germany |
Production companies | ZDF, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Discovery, RAI |
Run time | 88 min. |
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.