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World War Three (1998)
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.
Keywords: tmdb.cold-war,
tmdb.mockumentary,
mdblist.imdb-tv-movie,
imdb.armed-forces,
imdb.man-made-disaster,
imdb.intercontinental-ballistic-missile-launch,
imdb.boeing-b-52-stratofortress + 84 more,
imdb.dombarovsky-air-base,
imdb.t-72-tank,
imdb.btr-80-armored-personnel-carrier,
imdb.voice-over-translation,
imdb.year-1989,
imdb.mock-documentary,
imdb.glasnost,
imdb.warsaw-pact,
imdb.archival-photograph,
imdb.year-1953,
imdb.year-1968,
imdb.late-for-a-meeting,
imdb.warsaw-poland,
imdb.man-on-the-street-interview,
imdb.reference-to-james-baker,
imdb.on-the-scene-reporter,
imdb.neo-nazi,
imdb.mutlangen-missile-base,
imdb.pershing-ii-ballistic-missile,
imdb.submarine-deployment,
imdb.chukotka-air-base,
imdb.year-1990,
imdb.tupolev-tu-95-bear-bomber,
imdb.mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-eagle,
imdb.operation-thunderbolt,
imdb.mikoyan-gurevich-mig-21-fishbed,
imdb.boeing-e-3-sentry,
imdb.blockade-of-west-germany,
imdb.ramstein-air-base,
imdb.new-york-stock-exchange,
imdb.clyde-submarine-base,
imdb.torpedo-attack,
imdb.naval-blockade,
imdb.f-14,
imdb.nuclear-explosion,
imdb.nuclear-war,
imdb.catastrophe,
imdb.coup-d-etat,
imdb.berlin-germany,
imdb.protest,
imdb.perestroika,
imdb.archive-footage,
imdb.prague-spring,
imdb.berlin-wall,
imdb.moscow-russia,
imdb.convoy,
imdb.harrier,
imdb.f-18,
imdb.naval-battle,
imdb.miliitary-mobilization,
imdb.vinnytsia-air-base,
imdb.ilyushin-il-476-candid,
imdb.shipping-container,
imdb.fallout-shelter,
imdb.civil-defense,
imdb.uh-1-huey-helicopter,
imdb.m1-abrams-tank,
imdb.mig-23,
imdb.mil-mi-8-hip-helicopter,
imdb.invasion,
imdb.diversion,
imdb.merseburg-air-base,
imdb.mikoyan-gurevich-mig-25-foxbat,
imdb.aerial-bombardment,
imdb.mobile-army-surgical-hospital,
imdb.lockheed-f-117-nighthawk,
imdb.panavia-tornado,
imdb.combat,
imdb.counter-attack,
imdb.liberation-of-west-berlin,
imdb.tupolev-tu-22m-backfire-bomber,
imdb.royal-air-force-menwith-hill,
imdb.single-integrated-operation-plan,
imdb.reference-to-erich-honecker,
imdb.reference-to-francois-mitterrand,
imdb.reference-to-george-h-w-bush,
imdb.reference-to-helmut-kohl,
imdb.reference-to-margaret-thatcher,
imdb.reference-to-mikhail-gorbachev,
imdb.fall-of-berlin-wall,
imdb.bucharest-hungary,
imdb.two-fingered-obscene-gesture,
imdb.east-germany-flag,
imdb.police-helicopter
Production companies: ZDF,
CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH,
RAI,
Discovery
Runtime: 88 min.
Released: Dec. 1, 1998
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 3+
