The Fourth War

The Fourth War
The faces of two serious men. Below, a snow covered scene with two men fighting each other, waist deep in a hole in the ice.
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Screenplay byKenneth Ross
Story byStephen Peters
Produced byWolf Schmidt
Starring
CinematographyGerry Fisher
Edited byRobert F. Shugrue
Music byBill Conti
Production
company
Kodiak Films Inc
Distributed byCannon Films
Release date
  • March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23)
Running time
91 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$14.5 million
Box office$1.3 million

The Fourth War is a 1990 American cold war drama film directed by John Frankenheimer. It is set in West Germany of the late 1980s, and was filmed in Alberta, Canada. It stars Roy Scheider and Jürgen Prochnow as two military men whose personal dispute threatens to escalate into a larger conflict.