The War Game

The War Game

Director Peter Watkins

48 min. · United Kingdom, 1965 · Drama, War · English · Subtitles: Lithuanian · N/A

About the film

"Nuclear War" is a vision of the future of nuclear war and its results, a detailed and appalling account of how an atomic bomb attack would affect a small British village. Some images in the film are difficult to lift; they do illustrate that in the event of a catastrophe of this magnitude, the living will envy the dead. The film won an Oscar in 1967 for Best Documentary.

Details

Running time
48 min.
Country, year
United Kingdom, 1965
Genre
Drama, War
Language
English
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Age rating
N/A

Credits

Director
Peter Watkins
Screenplay
Peter Watkins
Cinematography
Peter Bartlett, Peter Suschitzky
Cast
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham, Kathy Staff, Peter Watkins
More information
www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

  • Oscar for Best Documentary
  • BAFTA Awards Best short film · UN apdovanojimas
  • Venice Film Festival Special Award.
Peter Watkins

Director

Peter Watkins

Peter Watkins was born in 1935 in England. Lived in Sweden, Canada and Lithuania for many years. Now lives in France.