Summaries

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.—Herman Rethuan

A fake documentary about World War III, that broke out after Gorbatchev was overthrown in the USSR after visiting the German Democratic Republic in October 1989 and replaced by a radical general, who tried to re-establish communist rulership in Eastern Europe. After a shooting at the Berlin wall on November 9, all chances for a peaceful solution of the conflict in the GDR (the people wanted to get rid of their government) are gone, and soon the world's on fire.—Stephan Eichenberg <[email protected]>

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Keywords
  • nuclear explosion
  • nuclear war
  • catastrophe
  • armed forces
  • man made disaster
Genres
  • Drama
  • War
Release date Nov 30, 1998
Countries of origin Germany
Official sites ZDFs
Production companies Discovery Channel CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion mbH Rai 3

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Runtime 1h 28m
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