Command and Control
“How do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?”
Synopsis
September 18, 1980, 6:25 p.m., Titan II base in Damascus, Arkansas. On this fateful night an explosion kills an Air Force member and transforms the lives of everyone on the base. Honing in on a single case of so-called "human error", Command and Control juxtaposes precision on a minute scale against the gargantuan risks inherent in the United States' aggressive nuclear proliferation policy during the Cold War.
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Principal cast & crew: 19
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Edited by Kim RobertsShot by Paul GoldsmithScored by Mark Adler
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- Damascus, USA. Der GAUde
- Der Beinahe-GAU von Arkansasde
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19 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michael Bideller
as Self - Sprecher
Andreas Birnbaum
as Self - Sprecher
Tom Brokaw
as Self
Robin Brosch
as Self - Sprecher
Harold Brown
as Self - Secretary of Defense
Achim Buch
as Self - Sprecher
Allan Childers
as Self - Missile Combat Crew
Bill Clinton
as Self
Greg Devlin
as Self - PTS Team
Volker Hanisch
as Self - Sprecher
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