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The Fourth War (1990)

The Fourth War (1990)

Drama Thriller

Two proud heroes with no one left to fight... But each other.

Release Date: 1990, January 12
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Countries: Canada, United States of America
Production: Aurora Production, Kodiak Films, The Cannon Group
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Jürgen Prochnow, Roy Scheider, Dale Dye, David Palffy, William MacDonald, Henry Kope, Roman Podhora, Lara Harris, Gordon Signer, Ron Campbell, Tim Reid

Overview:

Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on opposite sides of the German-Czech border. Both men are responsible for a group of troops in their remote settings, and both have been shaped by their combat experiences and a shared aversion to their superiors' ways of doing things. After a defector is killed, things escalate into a full-fledged battle with serious geopolitical ramifications.

Keywords:

cold war germany border czechoslovakia eastern germany