The War Game (1965)
Genre:
Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / War (more)
Plot Summary: The War Game is a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city...
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User Comments:
Too important to ignore, too powerful to dismiss.
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User Rating:
 
8.4/10 (325 votes)
Runtime:
48 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 / Sweden:15 / West Germany:12
Trivia:
Despite having been produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the film was banned from television broadcast. The official reason was for violence and depiction of human suffering, but others hinted that it may have been because it went against the official government line concerning survivability of nuclear attack. While the ban forbade television broadcast, it did not forbid cinematic distribution. Because of this loophole, the film was given wide release in theatres, and won four major film awards.
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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User Comments:
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Too important to ignore, too powerful to dismiss., 7 September 1999
Author:
Baroque
Although this film clocks in at a mere 48 minutes, not a scene, second or
frame is put to waste. A level-headed and all too analytical examination of
civil preparedness versus the yield of nuclear weapons. What this film
presents is the absolute horror of nuclear war in simulated newsreel footage
so realistic, you may feel the pain of those on screen. Fire-storms,
asphyxiation, flash-burns, over-burdened hospitals leaving victims to die in
pain, street executions under martial law, total social collapse, all filmed
in a typical English suburb. Originally planned to be a simple documentary
on nuclear warfare made for BBC-TV, the film was banned from television
(officially because of it's graphic depictions of suffering, but most likely
for it's anti-authoritarian stance and defiance of the official line). Later
released to theaters, it went on to win major film awards. Two scenes in
particular, one of men being executed for violating water rationing and an
interview with children at a medical camp, haunted me for days. This is the
great-grandfather of such films as "Threads" and "The Day After", but the
matter-of-fact narration in BBC English to the devastation on screen adds an
element of sheer horror that no other film comes close to. If anyone you
know talks about the survivability of nuclear attack, show them this film,
and watch their reaction. This film is too important to ignore, and too
powerful to dismiss.
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