Großes Kino: "Dr. Seltsam oder: Wie ich lernte, die Bombe zu lieben"

In the "Great Cinema" series, a great satire from and about the Cold War. And about the end of the world.

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB
(Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)

USA 1964. D: Stanley Kubrick. D: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. 95 min. FSK: 16

A film farce from the Cold War: American commander Jack D. Ripper is convinced of a communist conspiracy: the Russians are poisoning the water. In his delusion, he gives the order to send B-52 bombers towards Moscow. President Muffley and his military advisors desperately try to retrieve the planes equipped with nuclear bombs. Meanwhile, the bizarre scientist Dr. Strangelove is planning for a nuclear catastrophe. Because it turns out that the Soviet Union has a doomsday device and the clock is ticking towards the apocalypse...
In DR. SELTSAM OR: HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THE BOMB, Stanley Kubrick takes an astute and humorous look at the absurdities of the Cold War and the nuclear threat. With a mixture of black humor and unforgettable characters (Peter Sellers in a triple role!), the film shows the horrors of political chaos, personal madness and global apocalypse in the form of a wicked satire.

Introduction: Jost Henze