Short film
The End
1981 · 2 min
A brief, uneasy animated fable that turns superpower brinkmanship into a children's game, leaving a chill behind its playful surface.
- Directed by
- Gerrit van Dijk
- Genres
- Animation
- Overview
- The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, presented as a game. In front of the nervous citizens the leaders of the world powers play 'Olleke Bolleke' on the globe. The earth apparently cannot withstand this violence and the consequences are left to the imagination.
- How it feels
- Satirical, tense, dark and absurd. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, war, power, fate
- Content
- Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Gerrit van Dijk
- Genres
- Animation