WW III: World War III (1998)
"Der 3. Weltkrieg" (original title)

TV Movie  |   |  Documentary, War  |  1 December 1998 (Germany)
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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, ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Boris Sichkin ...
General Vladimir Soshkin
Christoph Gutknecht ...
(voice)
Boris Leskin ...
Yuri Rubanov
Hans Sievers ...
(voice)
Gunter Walch ...
General Karl Frohm
Klaus Schleiff ...
Colonel Wolfgang Hecker
Christopher Wynkoop ...
Martin Jacobs
Wolfgang Kaven ...
(voice)
Oliver Hohlfeld ...
Markus Lehmann
Sigrid Braun-Umbach ...
Franziska Brückner
Daniel Shorr ...
Daniel Shorr
Billa Christe
Justin Earl
Peter Gosling
Günter Karl
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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. Written by Herman Rethuan

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documentary fiction at it's finest
2 September 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Wow, I was really impressed with this movie. It takes actual events, speeches & interviews then pieces them into a movie that to be honest, I really did not expect to be very good. Once it started, I had to watch the rest of it, even though I was very busy. I would pause it and come back to it. Well done! I'm surprised it's not well known. Very realistic and anyone that knows the history of the cold war can very easily see how this was a possible outcome and real threat. Thank God it didn't turn out this way. The speeches of George Bush were from the Gulf War. Which were cut and input perfectly to match a movie based in a separate region and situation. I'm impressed. Robert Stone should consider working for the government, he could easily manipulate the masses... lol.


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