1983: The Brink of Apocalypse

1983: The Brink of Apocalypse

5.0(1) 2007-07-19 74 minDocumentary

This programme recalls the events that led up to one of the most dangerous moments in the entire history of the Cold War: a NATO command post exercise, code named Able Archer 83, which caused the USSR to believe that NATO was planning a genuine nuclear attack.

ProducerHenry Chancellor

Original Music ComposerDaniel Pemberton

DirectorHenry Chancellor

Full credits on TMDB

Cast & characters

Robert Cambrinus

as Colonel Stanislav Petrov

Olegar Fedoro

as Russian General

Boris Isarov

Gina McKee

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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