World War Three

World War Three

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 1, 1998

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

War, Drama, TV Movie

User Score

69%

Original Title

Der Dritte Weltkrieg

Production Companies

ZDF, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Discovery, RAI

Director

Robert Stone

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.