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.

• DirectorRobert Stone
• Release1 December 1998
• Genre
  War / Drama
• Duration1h 28m
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  6.9
  8 reviews
• Productions

  ZDF, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Discovery, RAI