Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
2024 · TV Series · TV-14 · 67 min
★ 7.7(45)unSUB Rating
This wide-ranging docuseries traces how nuclear weapons and Cold War rivalries reshaped global politics, using firsthand accounts, experts, and archival material. It connects major turning points from the post–World War II era to more recent international tensions, highlighting the lasting impact on everyday life and world affairs.
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Streaming on Netflix.
10 hours to watch · 9 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-03-12
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.9/10 (45 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an accessible, high-stakes history sweep that connects past events to today’s tensions; Not for you if you want a strictly neutral take or lighter viewing like Roman Empire.
Pros: clear, digestible history; gripping archival footage; compelling firsthand accounts | Cons: perceived Western viewpoint; political bias concerns; later episodes feel preachy
Themes
- atomic bomb
- cold war
- soviet union
- miniseries
- nuclear weapons
- russia
- ukraine
Cast & crew
Aylam Orian
as Self - Vladimir Putin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self - President of the United States 1933 - 1945 (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
as Self - President of the United States 1945 - 1953 (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self - Fuehrer and Chancellor of Germany (archive footage)
Albert Einstein
as Self - Physicist (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
as Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage)
Angela Merkel
as Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
as Self (archive footage)
Boris Yeltsin
as Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Brian Knappenberger
Episodes1 season · 9 episodes
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