Original title
Der Dritte Weltkrieg
Released
12/1/1998
Origin country
DE
Genre
Drama, TV Movie, War
Production companies
RAI, ZDF, Discovery, CineCentrum Deutsche Gesellschaft für Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
1hr 28min
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.
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