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.

• Robert StoneDirector
• Ingo HelmScreenplay
• Robert StoneWriter

• Boris LyoskinYuri Rubanov
• Klaus SchleiffOberst Wolfgang Hecker
• Boris SichkinGeneral Vladimir Soschkin
• Gunter WalchGeneral Karl Frohm
• Christopher WynkoopMartin Jacobs
• Matthias FuchsNarrator