World War Three

1h 28min

War

Drama

TV Movie

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.

Production Companies

ZDF

Discovery

RAI

CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion mbH

Cast

Boris Lyoskin

Boris Lyoskin

Yuri Rubanov
Klaus Schleiff

Klaus Schleiff

Oberst Wolfgang Hecker
Boris Sichkin

Boris Sichkin

General Vladimir Soschkin
Gunter Walch

Gunter Walch

General Karl Frohm
Christopher Wynkoop

Christopher Wynkoop

Martin Jacobs

Release date

1st Dec 1998

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch