Movies and TvShows featuring "catastrophic-failure" theme.

During the Cold War, a technical glitch mistakenly sends a US bomber group towards Moscow with orders to drop a nuclear bomb, causing a race against time to prevent a devastating nuclear war.

In April 2009, Colonel Klein takes up his post as commander in Kunduz. The first soldiers move into the camp quarters. Among them are five young men who have so far been denied any field experience. So far, they have only known the mission in Afghanistan as an exercise. Colonel Klein is therefore faced with a difficult task, which turns the management of the camp into a crucial test. At that very moment, the Taliban's spring offensive breaks out against the Germans. The first casualties and deaths cannot be avoided and two tanker trucks are hijacked by the attackers. The war has begun. Months later, the stolen trucks are recovered. Both vehicles are stuck on a sandbank in the river. Klein has to decide whether the discovery poses a danger to his camp.

This documentary explores the heartbreaking story of Thalidomide, a sleeping pill that caused catastrophic failures during pregnancy, resulting in severe birth defects.