Where to Watch Bombsäkert
- flavo4328 november 2025Fail Safe is one of the most gripping and sobering nuclear-war dramas ever made. Released in 1964, it presents a terrifyingly plausible scenario: an accidental signal sends a U.S. bomber group toward Moscow with orders to strike, triggering a global crisis that no one can stop. In a desperate attempt to prevent full-scale Armageddon, the United States agrees to sacrifice one of its own cities—an unthinkable decision that leads to profound personal tragedy for those involved. The film is stark, tense, and claustrophobic, unfolding almost like a stage play as leaders, soldiers, and families grapple with the consequences of failure in the nuclear command system. It raises sharp questions about deterrence, automation, human error, and the illusion of control in an age of doomsday weapons. While Fail Safe didn’t perform as well at the box office—largely overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove, which explored similar themes in satirical form—it remains a haunting, powerful classic.
- Kevin Ward2 juli 2025Really loved this. Cold War thriller that imagines a scenario where the fail safe mechanisms of nuclear warfare breakdown and the worst case scenarios play out and no one has any power to stop it. It’s a tense thriller where the tension has been ramped up by its minimalist production and score. Though a product of its time, it’s hard not to see how fail safe could speak into the present, particularly the use of artificial intelligence. The prescient fear of the consequence of relegating world altering decisions and safeguards to artificial mechanisms, while we sit on the sidelines watching our own doom play out on computer monitors, powerless to alter our trajectory. Dark stuff and a fantastically dark ending. Released in the same year as Dr. Strangelove, this is a fantastic companion piece from the brilliant Sidney Lumet. Highly recommend.
- Chris29 december 2024“You learned too well, professor. You learned so well the now there’s no difference between you and what you want to kill.” - General Warren A. Black. A chilling Cold War epic. Such a great and powerful cast. Even future funny man Dom DeLuise and the future commissioner of Hazzard County makes a sneaky dramatic appearance.⛑🕸☎️
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Bombsäkert was released on 7 oktober 1964.
Bombsäkert was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Bombsäkert has a runtime of 1h 52m.
Bombsäkert was produced by Max E. Youngstein, Charles H. Maguire.
När militärens datorer av misstag skickar ut bombplan med order att jämna Moskva med marken, försöker USA:s president återkalla dem. Men när säkerhetssystemet hindrar honom, måste han övertyga Sovjet att inte hämnas. I ren desperation erbjuder presidenten att offra en amerikansk stad om piloterna lyckas med sitt blodiga uppdrag.
The key characters in Bombsäkert are The President (Henry Fonda), Prof. Groeteschele (Walter Matthau), Col. Cascio (Fritz Weaver).
Bombsäkert is rated 15.
Bombsäkert is a Drama, Thriller, Krig film.
Bombsäkert has an audience rating of 9.1 out of 10.