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Doctor Strangelove
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Discover the Doctor Strangelove Poster, Stanley Kubrick's cult classic about the Cold War and human madness. Immerse yourself in the absurdity of nuclear power with dark humor and a stunning performance from Peter Sellers.
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Description of this Doctor Strangelove Poster
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film by Stanley Kubrick about the Cold War and deterrence nuclear. It is based on the novel Bei Rot: Alarm! The War of the Push Buttons novel (original title: Red Alert) by Peter George. In the United Kingdom and the United States the film was released in cinemas on January 29, 1964, in the Federal Republic of Germany on April 10, 1964.
The film depicts how crazed United States Air Force General Jack D. Ripper attempts to single-handedly start a nuclear war against the Soviet Union by ordering B-52 bombers under his command to attack at Burpelson Air Force Base. Ripper is convinced of a secret Soviet plan that he wants to anticipate; the “precious bodily juices” of the American people should be broken down, among other things, by fluoridation of drinking water. He became aware of this "secret knowledge" when he felt profound exhaustion after the sexual act.
He instructed his subordinates to defend the base under all circumstances, because "the red", perhaps even disguised as American soldiers, could attack the base. Additionally, to avoid adversary deception, he cut all telephone and data connections and had all radio devices collected.
General Buck Turgidson briefed US President Muffley on the situation during a crisis meeting in the Pentagon war room. The bombers are on their way and could not be recalled because only Ripper knows the recall code and it takes two days to try all options. The Soviet Union would certainly retaliate. Turgidson therefore suggests that the president use all available nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union in order to achieve complete victory. We could keep our own losses with an "acceptable" 10 to 20 million deaths, which could still be considered a success versus 150 million with hesitant action.
Muffley is horrified by this proposition. He does not want to "go down in history as the greatest mass murderer since Adolf Hitler." So he brings the Soviet ambassador to the command center and contacts the Moscow Kremlin. The ambassador clarifies to those present that the Soviet Union had designed and activated a global extermination machine that would automatically and inexorably respond to a nuclear attack by destroying all life on earth with nuclear fallout. Urgently, the two governments are now using all means to bring the fatal situation under control.
President Muffley has the Air Force base taken back. Commander Jack D. Ripper shoots himself in a toilet because he fears revealing the recall code under the torture he fears. The British exchange officer, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake, still manages to learn the bombers' recall code. After various difficulties, he finally manages to connect to the Pentagon and pass the code. Almost all the bombers then return. The Russians fired three machines in advance, while an aircraft nicknamed The Leper Colony ("The Lepra Colony") under the command of Texan Major "King" Kong was only damaged by a nearby rocket explosion . The radio system was destroyed so that the crew could no longer receive the command to return and continued flying.
The leper colony loses fuel and cannot reach the primary or secondary objective (engaged in Soviet air defense against General Turgidson's protest). After calculating the remaining range, the crew therefore decides on one of the alternative targets specified in the request documents. Since the plane flies so low that it cannot be detected by opposing radar, Soviet air defense is unable to intercept it. So the leper colony continues to lead the attack - but now the bomb shaft cannot be opened. Major Kong himself descends, climbs onto one of the two hydrogen bombs, where he manages to solve the problem: the shutters open and the bomb is released while he is still sitting on it. In one (later legendary) sequence, the Texas officer then falls toward the finish line - sitting astride the bomb, tricking his cowboy hat with a clap.
However, the now predictable end of civilization only briefly dismays the American headquarters. Dr. Strange, a wheelchair-bound German scientist currently working for the U.S. government, clearly explains how the survival of a small part of the American nation in the mining tunnels could still be assured. In order to ensure military superiority even after the 100-year project, the scientist, who can barely keep his right arm from the Hitler salute, proposes a breeding program for people, which may include:. a. polygynous communities with ten women per man. An electronic brain would choose the most efficient and genetically perfect participants. Of course, political and military leaders should be evacuated to the mines in order to maintain discipline and order. This perspective is very popular with the politicians and military personnel present. Dr. Strangely, suddenly gets up from his wheelchair and shouts, “My guide, I can go back!”
The final sequence shows - musically accompanied by the very popular British war hit We'll Meet Again - the annihilation of human civilization by atomic bomb explosions.
