The Fourth War
– Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out the..
Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
23 Mar 1990
English, Russian, Czech
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
John Frankenheimer
Stephen Peters (novel), Stephen Peters (screenplay), Kenneth Ross (screenplay)
Roy Scheider, Jürgen Prochnow, Tim Reid, Lara Harris
Can a war veteran survive when there is no war? Hardly so. And it is all the more difficult when there are two war heroes! Posted on each side of the Czech-West German border, US colonel Jack Knowles and his Soviet counterpart Colonel Valachev, have been champing at the bit since Gorbachev launched his Glasnost policy. Fortunately for them, a serious border incident (the killing of a defector) will allow them to resume war. A private war first, but a war that will involve a serious troop confrontation. Bad for Gorbachev, good for the two sworn enemies who had been craving for action...
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