The War Game

The War Game (1966)

01 Nov 1967 • Drama, War • 0h 48m
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The War Game is a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city. Although it won an Oscar for Best Documentary, it is fiction. It was intended as an hour-long program to air on BBC 1, but it was deemed too intense and violent to broadcast. It went to theatrical distribution as a feature film instead. Low-budget and shot on location, it strives for and achieves convincing and unflinching realism.

Peter Watkins
Director
Peter Watkins
Writer
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Dave Baldwin
Starring

Language: English
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins total
Country: United Kingdom
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8.0

IMDb (7409 votes)
93%
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