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.

Cast

Boris Lyoskin

as Yuri Rubanov

Klaus Schleiff

as Oberst Wolfgang Hecker

Boris Sichkin

as General Vladimir Soschkin

Gunter Walch

as General Karl Frohm

Christopher Wynkoop

as Martin Jacobs

Matthias Fuchs

as Narrator

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