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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

War Games (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 67 min | Documentary

With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.
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46 cast members
Name Known for
German Galushchenko
Self - Minister of Energy, Ukraine Self - Minister of Energy, Ukraine   See fewer
Gabrielius Landsbergis
Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania Self - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania   See fewer
Garrett Graff
Self - Author, Raven Rock Self - Author, Raven Rock   See fewer
Tom Z. Collina
Self - Co-Author, The Button Self - Co-Author, The Button   See fewer
Robert Gates
Self - Director, Central Intelligence Agency 1991 - 1993 Self - Director, Central Intelligence Agency 1991 - 1993   See fewer
Tom Nichols
Self - Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College Self - Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College   See fewer
Elisabeth Eaves
Self - Contributing Editor, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Self - Contributing Editor, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists   See fewer
Tim Naftali
Self - Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University (as Timothy Naftali) Self - Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University (as Timothy Naftali)   See fewer
Brian Morra
Self - U.S. Military Intelligence Officer 1979 - 1994 Self - U.S. Military Intelligence Officer 1979 - 1994   See fewer
Wolfgang Ischinger
Self - Assistant to West Germany Foreign Minister 1982 - 1990 Self - Assistant to West Germany Foreign Minister 1982 - 1990   See fewer
Audra J. Wolfe
Self - Author, Freedom's Laboratory (as Audra Wolfe) Self - Author, Freedom's Laboratory (as Audra Wolfe)   See fewer
David Holloway
Self - Author, Soviet Union and the Arms Race Self - Author, Soviet Union and the Arms Race   See fewer
Timothy Garton Ash
Self - Author, Homelands Self - Author, Homelands   See fewer
Roderic Lyne
Self - U.K. Ambassador to Russia 2000 - 2004 Self - U.K. Ambassador to Russia 2000 - 2004   See fewer
Fiona Hill
Self - National Security Council, European and Russian Affairs 2017 - 2019 Self - National Security Council, European and Russian Affairs 2017 - 2019   See fewer
Rose Gottemoeller
Self - NATO Deputy Secretary General 2016 - 2019 Self - NATO Deputy Secretary General 2016 - 2019   See fewer
Nicholas Meyer
Self - Director, The Day After Self - Director, The Day After   See fewer
Jack F. Matlock Jr.
Self - Soviet Specialist, National Security Council 1983 - 1986 Self - Soviet Specialist, National Security Council 1983 - 1986   See fewer
Pavel Palazchenko
Self - Interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev Self - Interpreter for Mikhail Gorbachev   See fewer
Richard Rhodes
Self - Author, Arsenals of Folly Self - Author, Arsenals of Folly   See fewer
David Remnick
Self - Editor, The New Yorker Self - Editor, The New Yorker   See fewer
Mary Sarotte
Self - Author, The Collapse (as Mary Elise Sarotte) Self - Author, The Collapse (as Mary Elise Sarotte)   See fewer
Serhii Plokhy
Self - Author, Atoms and Ashes Self - Author, Atoms and Ashes   See fewer
Archie Brown
Self - Author, The Human Factor Self - Author, The Human Factor   See fewer
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Self - Child in Neighboring Belarus in 1986 Self - Child in Neighboring Belarus in 1986   See fewer
Condoleezza Rice
Self - National Security Council, Soviet and Eastern European Affairs 1989 - 1991 Self - National Security Council, Soviet and Eastern European Affairs 1989 - 1991   See fewer
Yuri Andropov
Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1982 - 1984 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1982 - 1984 (archive footage)   See fewer
Leonid Brezhnev
Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1964 - 1982 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1964 - 1982 (archive footage)   See fewer
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Self - National Security Advisor 1977 - 1981 (archive footage) Self - National Security Advisor 1977 - 1981 (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimmy Carter
Self - President of the United States 1978 - 1981 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1978 - 1981 (archive footage)   See fewer
Konstantin Chernenko
Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1984 - 1985 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1984 - 1985 (archive footage)   See fewer
Pantelei Gopkalo
Self - Gorbachev's Maternal Grandfather (archive footage) Self - Gorbachev's Maternal Grandfather (archive footage)   See fewer
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1985 - 1991 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1985 - 1991 (archive footage)   See fewer
Raisa Gorbacheva
Self - Wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (archive footage) Self - Wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (archive footage)   See fewer
Oleg Gordievsky
Self - KGB Officer (archive footage) Self - KGB Officer (archive footage)   See fewer
Larry McDonald
Self - Georgia (D) (archive footage) (as Rep. Larry McDonald) Self - Georgia (D) (archive footage) (as Rep. Larry McDonald)   See fewer
Bill Odom
Self - Military Assistant to Brzezinski (archive footage) (as Colonel Bill Odom) Self - Military Assistant to Brzezinski (archive footage) (as Colonel Bill Odom)   See fewer
Nikolay Ogarkov
Self - Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (archive footage) Self - Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces (archive footage)   See fewer
Gennadi Osipovich
Self - Soviet Air Defense Pilot (archive footage) Self - Soviet Air Defense Pilot (archive footage)   See fewer
Leonard Perroots
Self - Chief Intel Officer, U.S. Air Force in Europe (archive footage) (as Brigadier General Leonard Perroots) Self - Chief Intel Officer, U.S. Air Force in Europe (archive footage) (as Brigadier General Leonard Perroots)   See fewer
Stanislav Petrov
Self - Soviet Air Defense Forces (archive footage) (as Lieutenant Colonel Petrov Stanislav) Self - Soviet Air Defense Forces (archive footage) (as Lieutenant Colonel Petrov Stanislav)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self - President of the United States 1981 - 1989 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1981 - 1989 (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward Teller
Self - U.S. Nuclear Physicist (archive footage) Self - U.S. Nuclear Physicist (archive footage)   See fewer
Margaret Thatcher
Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979 - 1990 (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979 - 1990 (archive footage)   See fewer
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Self - President of Ukraine (archive footage) Self - President of Ukraine (archive footage)   See fewer
Aylam Orian
Vladimir Putin (voice) (uncredited) Vladimir Putin (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
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