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Cold War

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19981998
  • 18h 40m
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Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev in Cold War (1998)
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A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in... Read allA 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
942
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • Kenneth Branagh
    • Anatoli Dobrynin
    • Robert McNamara
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  • Stars
    • Kenneth Branagh
    • Anatoli Dobrynin
    • Robert McNamara
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    • 7User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
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    Anatoli Dobrynin
    • Selfas Self
    10 episodes10 eps • 1998
    Robert McNamara
    Robert McNamara
    • Selfas Self
    6 episodes6 eps • 1998
    Vladimir Yerofeyev
    • Selfas Self
    5 episodes5 eps • 1998
    George Elsey
    • Selfas Self
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Frank Roberts
    • Selfas Self
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Fidel Castro
    Fidel Castro
    • Selfas Self
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter
    • Selfas Self
    5 episodes5 eps • 1998
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Selfas Self
    4 episodes4 eps • 1998
    Dmitry Sukhanov
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Zbigniew Brzezinski
    Zbigniew Brzezinski
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Václav Havel
    Václav Havel
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Wojciech Jaruzelski
    Wojciech Jaruzelski
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Clark Clifford
    Clark Clifford
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Karen Brutents
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Anatoli Gribkov
    • Selfas Self
    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Oleg Troyanovski
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    3 episodes3 eps • 1998
    Anatoly Cherniayev
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    A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
    • political superpower
    • military alliance
    • soviet politics
    • soviet politician
    • post world war two
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    • Trivia
      The series excluded several Cold War issues and topics, including the Communist takeovers of South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in 1975, the subsequent unification of Vietnam and Vietnamese refugee crisis, the failed Communist revolution in Indonesia in 1965, China after Mao's passing, from the trial of the Gang of Four to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Bulgaria, Albania, and more details on the Dominican crisis of 1965.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: A cloud hides the sky; a nuclear shadow falls across the human future.

    • Connections
      Features Duck and Cover (1952)

    User reviews7

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    10/10
    It may be the best documentary I've ever viewed!
    It certainly is the best on the subject. Interspersing newsreels and film with interviews of participants ranging from Gorbachev to Castro to Carter is extremely effective. Even McNamara is in it giving his views on many aspects of the Cold War. How ironic to call it "cold" when it was very HOT in so many places around the world! If you have any interest in world developments since WWII, you will not be disappointed by this documentary. After watching 1120 minutes of it, I hated for it to end.
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    • Sep 14, 2002

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    • Release date
      • 1998 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • CNN
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • German
      • Polish
      • Italian
      • Pashtu
      • Czech
      • Greek
      • Korean
      • Mandarin
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • La guerra fría
    • Production companies
      • Cable News Network (CNN)
      • Jeremy Isaacs Productions Ltd.
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      18 hours 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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