#WORLD WAR III MOVIE 1982 MOVIE#

In late November, a demonstration in Leipzig is brutally repressed by the East German Army at great loss of life. (In East Germany at least, the crackdown is not limited to demonstrators numerous moderate Communists such as Egon Krenz and GГјnter Schabowski are 'disappeared', never to be heard from again.) The crackdown inflames popular opposition to communism. They are determined to end the uprisings in East Germany and the rest of the Eastern Bloc with a swift Chinese-style military crackdown in late October. Soshkin and the hard-liners fiercely resist the rise of glasnost and perestroika. The Soviet government announces that Gorbachev resigned for 'reasons of ill health,' but Gorbachev is never heard from again, his true fate 'lost in the darkness of history.' During his return flight, the hard-line Communist leadership stages a coup that deposes Gorbachev and installs (fictional) General Vladimir Soshkin as the new Soviet leader. On October 7, Mikhail Gorbachev, a supporter of those reforms, visits East Berlin. Many citizens are dissatisfied with their nationвЂ™s Communist leadership and seek reunification with West Germany. In the summer of 1989, East Germany is in turmoil. Daniel Schorr, reporting in front of the White House, is vaporized when a nuclear weapon detonates.

#WORLD WAR III MOVIE 1982 MOVIE#

The movie opens with clips of the US Armed Forces scrambling to respond to a Soviet nuclear attack. 4 Parallels and references to real-life events.3 Differences between German and English versions.2.2 Clips of real life political leaders.2.1 Actors playing fictional characters.

World war iii movie 1982