World War Three
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.
- Year : 1998
- Country : Germany
- Genre : War, Drama, TV Movie
- Studio : ZDF, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Discovery, RAI
- Keyword : cold war, mockumentary
- Director : Robert Stone
- Cast : Boris Leskin, Klaus Schleiff, Boris Sichkin, Gunter Walch, Christopher Wynkoop, Matthias Fuchs