The Fourth War
“Two proud heroes with no one left to fight... But each other.”
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.
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Cast
38 people
Roy Scheider
Col. Jack Knowles
Known for
Jaws
The French Connection
Jürgen Prochnow
Col. Valachev
Known for
Das Boot
The Da Vinci Code
Tim Reid
Lt. Col. Clark
Known for
It
Sister, Sister
Lara Harris
Elena
Known for
The Fisher King
No Man's Land
Harry Dean Stanton
Gen. Hackworth
Known for
Alien
Paris, Texas
Dale Dye
Sergeant Major
Known for
Band of Brothers
Knight and Day
William MacDonald
MP Corporal
Known for
Riverdale
Travelers
David Palffy
Gawky Soldier
Known for
House of the Dead
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Neil Grahn
Needle-Nose Soldier
Also in
Strange and Rich
Ernie Jackson
Knowles Driver
Known for
Between
Ron Campbell
Young US Soldier
Known for
Dead Bang
John Dodds
Defector
Also in
Landslide
Roughing It
John Frankenheimer Director · Kenneth Ross Screenplay Stephen Peters Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.3M · United States release March 23, 1990 · Produced in United States, Canada
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,305,887
Production
Aurora Production
Production
Kodiak Films
Production
The Cannon Group
Production
Aurora Productions LLC
Production
United States · Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Czech · English · German · Russian
Release dates
Türkiye · January 12, 1990
Theatrical
United States · March 23, 1990
Theatrical
Germany
March 8, 1990 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 22, 1990 · Theatrical
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