World War Three

Overview

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.

Directed by Robert Stone

Top cast

Boris Lyoskin

Yuri Rubanov

K

Klaus Schleiff

Oberst Wolfgang Hecker

Boris Sichkin

General Vladimir Soschkin

G

Gunter Walch

General Karl Frohm

Christopher Wynkoop

Martin Jacobs

Matthias Fuchs

Narrator

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