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5.3Cold 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.
Released: 1990-01-1291 minDir: John FrankenheimerDrama, ThrillerBox office: $1.3M
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Cast
- Roy Scheider as Col. Jack Knowles
- Jürgen Prochnow as Col. Valachev
- Tim Reid as Lt. Col. Clark
- Lara Harris as Elena
- Harry Dean Stanton as Gen. Hackworth
- Dale Dye as Sergeant Major
Themes
- germany
- cold war
- eastern germany
- border
- czechoslovakia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- John Frankenheimer
- Cast member
- Harry Dean Stanton
- Composer
- Bill Conti
- Cinematographer
- Gerry Fisher
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 991689
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- publication date
- 1990-03-08
- title
- The Fourth War
- distributed by
- The Cannon Group
- review score
- 64%
- capital cost
- 14500000
- box office
- 1305887
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