Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

A 1964 satirical black comedy directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film is set during the height of the Cold War when a deranged U.S. Air Force general orders a nuclear strike against the USSR. Top military and political leaders, including the President of the United States and the eccentric ex-Nazi scientist Dr. Strangelove (both played by Peter Sellers), scramble to prevent a global catastrophe. The film has achieved cult status for its biting satire of nuclear politics and war.