The Imitation Game
2014 · History · Drama
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Film / 1990
The Fourth War
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on opposite sides of the German-Czech border. Both men are responsible for a group of troops in their remote settings, and both have been shaped by their combat experiences and a shared aversion to their superiors' ways of doing things. After a defector is killed, things escalate into a full-fledged battle with serious geopolitical ramifications.
The story
Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed on opposite sides of the German-Czech border. Both men are responsible for a group of troops in their remote settings, and both have been shaped by their combat experiences and a shared aversion to their superiors' ways of doing things. After a defector is killed, things escalate into a full-fledged battle with serious geopolitical ramifications.
Cast
Roy ScheiderCol. Jack Knowles
Jürgen ProchnowCol. Valachev
Tim ReidLt. Col. Clark
Lara HarrisElena
Harry Dean StantonGen. Hackworth
Dale DyeSergeant Major
William MacDonaldMP Corporal
David PalffyGawky Soldier
Neil GrahnNeedle-Nose Soldier
Ernie JacksonKnowles Driver
Ron CampbellYoung US Soldier
John DoddsDefector
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Richard DurvenYoung Soldier
Harold Hecht Jr.Dwayne
Alice PestaHannelore
Gregory A. GaleCommunications Corporal
Henry KopeMayor
Guy BullerCzech Guard
George SchollInnkeeper
Garry GalinskyRed Private #1
Ed SoibelmanRed Private #2
Gary SpivakRed Private #3
Yefim KordunerRed Army Major #1
Brent WoolseyRed Army Major #2
Kent McNeillUS Private #1
Brian WarrenMP & Wide Soldier
Roman PodhoraCzech Guard #1
Joseph VrbaCzech Guard #2
Gordon SignerBavarian Farmer
Lilo BahrInnkeeper's Wife
Claus DiedrichFrontier Police Capt.
Kyle MaschmeyerVillager #1
Kurt DarmohrayVillager #2
Igor BurstynCzech Tower Guard
Matus GinzbergPuppeteer
Boris NovogrudskyAide to Valachev
Tom KellySports Announcer
Larry LavertyAide to Hackworth (uncredited)
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