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The War Game by Peter Watkins
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The War Game (original 1967; edition 1965)

by Peter Watkins (Director)

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War game: A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on Great Britain. Explores the physical damage effects, the psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for the existence of nuclear arms, and the attempts to understand how the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check. Culloden: In 1746 Scots fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie lose to English forces in Scotland at the brutal battle of Culloden.… (more)
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Title:The War Game
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The War Game: An Adaptation of the B.B.C. Documentary Film by Peter Watkins (1967)

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England, London, ca 1967
Bogen skildrer tredje verdenskrig som er brudt ud i et konfliktområde som Kina, Vietnam, Mellemøsten eller Berlin, og har bredt sig. I reportageform skildres virkningerne som fx en ildstorm som hærger London efter at en atombombe har ramt forkert.
Udmærket dommedagsskildring, men tiden er løbet fra denne variant af ragnarok. ( )
  bnielsen | Feb 2, 2010 |
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War game: A dramatization of the possible effects of nuclear warfare on Great Britain. Explores the physical damage effects, the psychological effects on the survivors, the societal logic for the existence of nuclear arms, and the attempts to understand how the balance of power keeps atomic weapons in check. Culloden: In 1746 Scots fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie lose to English forces in Scotland at the brutal battle of Culloden.

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