Will the Russian invasion of Ukraine be the spark of World War III?
Especially that world leaders tried to avoid it for fear of escalation of matters and the entry of other countries into the conflict, which might make a small mistake and turn it into a major comprehensive war similar to the First and Second World Wars.
Film and drama makers discussed these fears in advance, and since the end of World War II and with the continuous development in the arms industry, perceptions, films and series have begun that imagine how the Third World War will take place and its devastating effects on life, especially with developments in the nuclear weapons industry and expectations that confirm that the next world war will be The end of the world as we know it now.
Through the following list, we review films and series that talked about the Third World War and reviewed its causes and what happened during and after it.. The list contains films, dramas, comedies, science fiction and others.
World War III
The short series premiered in 1982 on the American network "NBC", starring David Saul and Brian Keith.
The events of the series take place in the year 1987, when the Soviet Union sends a squad to sabotage the American oil pipeline in Alaska, in response to the sanctions imposed by the United States on the Soviets by banning the supply of grain to them. Skirmishes occur near the oil pumping station, and an American squad of guards defends Tensions escalate between the two countries, with fears of the outbreak of World War III, in which nuclear weapons will be used.
The short series - which consists of only two episodes, each episode is about an hour and a half long - assumes what would happen if the Cold War did not end?
Filmmakers in this period had fears of an imminent Soviet or Nazi attack on the United States, and these fears are found in many films and series that take place in the same era, such as the movie “Blast from the Past” or “Red Dawn.” Dawn), and other films that dealt with this era with many hypotheses.
"Balance" (Equilibrium)
The movie premiered in 2002. It is a science fiction movie starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, and Ty Diggs.
The events of the film take place in a dystopian futuristic world in the year 2072, after the end of the Cold War and the annihilation of a large proportion of people in the last civilized city on the planet, the city of Libra.
It is that the cause of war is human feelings, so the inhabitants of this city take a drug daily that makes them unable to form feelings or understand them, and this is what makes them more able to obey.
The hero of the film is an officer whose duties are to eliminate mind criminals who violate the city's first law, which is the formation of feelings and interaction with them, as well as the acquisition of literary and artistic works.
Once again, filmmakers are trying to understand human nature and the reasons that lead people to start wars, and then they review this matter through questions without satisfactory answers. In this film, the third world war is not reviewed;
But the consequences of it and the reasons that led us to the last results are presented, and then the question is presented: Is life without feelings better, or will humans at that moment turn into a group of herds?
On the Beach
The movie "On the Beach" was shown for the first time in 1959, then a newer version of it was produced with the same events and with very minor changes in 2000, and the first version was starring Jerogry Beck and Ava Gardner, and the latest version was starring Armand Assante and Rachel Ward .
The events of the film take place after the end of the third world war in the wake of the second in a short period of time, and it was a comprehensive nuclear war between China and the United States of America, and it eliminated much of the human race. South Australia.
Suddenly signs appear from the northern hemisphere;
Which gives hope to the last humans that perhaps there are survivors still alive in the northern half, and despite the impossibility of the hypothesis, but hope moves them and they send an expedition to save these humans, at a time when it is confirmed that nuclear radiation is on its way to the southern half and that the days of humans On the surface of the planet are numbered.
In this shocking humanitarian film, filmmakers once again imagine the form of life on planet Earth, the danger of the use of nuclear weapons, the fears they fear, how life will become and will it actually end through nuclear war, human decisions and choices and their effects on life, adherence to hope despite its weakness, and adherence to love. Despite all the fears, and the desire to return to the homeland and die in it in peace, they are all legitimate fears and questions that have not been fully answered until this moment.
Fail Safe
This film was also shown in two versions, the first in 1964, and starring Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herley and Walter Matthew, and the re-production version, which was shown in 2000, starring Walter Connecticut and Richard Dreyfuss.
The film takes place during the Cold War;
As the American forces monitor the approach of an unidentified plane from its borders, which requires the American vector planes and the nuclear bomb carrier to prepare to respond to the possible Soviet nuclear attack. The orders then launch the American Venctor weapon towards Moscow to destroy it.
The American leaders are trying by all means to communicate with the six planes heading towards Moscow to destroy them, but because of the presence of Soviet jamming waves, they fail in this matter. In destroying 5 of the six planes, the squad leader continues his way and survives everyone thanks to his skill and arrives in Moscow.
As a last resort and to avoid a war, the US President orders the bombing of New York City with a nuclear bomb.
"The price of error and war";
This is the best expression of this film. What is the real price of avoiding wars?
And what is the price of fear?
Everyone is a sinner to different degrees and fear is the master of all in war.
Here, the filmmakers reviewed how modern weapons do not make anyone safe. The residents of Moscow and New York are calm and live their lives and do not realize that the danger is coming within moments to destroy their lives and that their lives will pay the price for a war they do not know in these moments whether it will happen or not. It is being paid to avoid war, and Muscovites are the price of a mistake made by the two largest powers at these moments.
The Russians Are Coming
This 1966 movie is a comedy starring Karl Reiner, Eva Maria Sint and Alan Arkin.
The film also takes place during the Cold War, when a group of Russian soldiers infiltrate an American island after the submarine commander sent them the octopus on board to try to repair the submarine stuck near the island. Made up of 9 people, they captured a number of the island's members and did not want to harm anyone.
At the same time, a love story develops between a girl from the island and another young recruit who does not wish to war, but is forced to obey his superiors, and events escalate and some of the island's residents inform the American authorities of a Russian air attack on their coasts.
As the confrontation escalates, a child is attached to the "Nissa" tower, and is at risk of death, so everyone from the residents and the Russian squad cooperate to save him, so the island's residents decide to help the Russians before the arrival of the American army and the outbreak of World War III due to a mistake.
"The Russians Are Coming" presents a microcosm of World War III, while also showing what all humans have in common, as they have the same needs and desires.
And he pushes the filmmakers to believe that commonalities are the best means of understanding and searching for them, perhaps ending the war and perhaps making everyone safe.
Life is not that complicated, and perhaps we are the ones who complicate it with haste, lack of understanding and excessive curiosity.
cinema and war
The open imagination in cinema gives freedom to its makers to present different points of view, and perhaps warn of crises that were not presented before, and filmmakers of various orientations are trying to understand the war, its causes and its consequences, from living crises to nuclear wars to the annihilation of life or trying to fix mistakes;
They are only attempts to understand, and the previous five models stem from real fears, which may not only haunt the film maker, but everyone else.
Now that we are on the verge of a new world war after the Russian aggression on Ukraine and the interference of a number of superpowers in this matter, and everyone is apprehensive and awaiting reactions. It seems that the world fears the next world war, because the future may be very bleak, like the movie “On the Beach” and “Safe Fall.” We hope it will be cheerful and bright as "The Russians are coming."