Released:
1990-03-08

Overview:
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.

Director:
John Frankenheimer

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Roy Scheider
  as
  Col. Jack Knowles
• 
  Jürgen Prochnow
  as
  Col. Valachev
• 
  Tim Reid
  as
  Lt. Col. Clark
• 
  Lara Harris
  as
  Elena
• 
  Harry Dean Stanton
  as
  Gen. Hackworth