The War Game

Watch: The War Game

~ BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain ~

Overview:

A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.

Director:

Peter Watkins

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Key words:

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
nuclear war
cold war
nuclear radiation
nuclear missile
state of emergency
riot
survival
nuclear holocaust
nuclear bomb
docudrama
struggle for survival
nuclear weapons
fake documentary
mondo
firestorm
war
pseudo-documentary
docufiction
cold war era
tactical nuclear warfare
nuclear deterrent policy
nuclear holocaust fiction
survival film
fallout shelters
civil defence
mondo film
voice-over
panic buying
nuclear strikes
hunger riots
armed police
v bombers
countervalue
vulcan mk ii
nuclear war aftermath
deterrence theory

Cast

Michael Aspel

~ as ~

Commentator

Kathy Staff

~ as ~

Interviewee (uncredited)

Peter Watkins

~ as ~

Documentist (uncredited)

Peter Graham

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Commentator

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Reviews (1)

Gimly
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Great, genuinely hard to watch, eminently memorable and absolutely no fun at all. But that's really important I think, so much media really tries to sort of paint this candy-coated filter over subjects like war, when in reality, war, especially nuclear war, is pretty fucked. There's nothing wrong with making those other movies, the ones where the heroes win the day and good guys triumph, those will never go away, nor should they, but every now and then, some hard truths need to be confronted too, and The War Game is very confronting.

Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.