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Murge: The Cold War Front

For 13 days in 1962, the world was on the brink of nuclear war.

Krushchev’s decision to place nuclear weapons in Cuba sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis. But what’s relatively unknown is that he was responding to an earlier perceived threat from America: the stationing of nuclear weapons in Murge, Italy – within striking distance of the USSR. We reveal how Murge was transformed unwittingly into a theatre of the Cold War.

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PRODUCTION INFO

  • Year: 2011
  • Duration: 52 MINS
  • Production: ZENIT
  • Director: MASSIMO ARVAT
  • Available Versions: ENG, ITA
  • Country of production: Italy

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  • Awards Mediterranean Memory Prize sponsored by INA at PriMed 2014 Festivals PriMed

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