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The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker

In the fall of 1997, every nuclear device in the world will be accounted for...except one.

19976.02h 4m

Overview

When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.

Directed by Mimi Leder
Written by Michael Schiffer, Kevin Bernhardt
Produced by Branko Lustig, Walter F. Parkes
Box OfficeBudget: $50.0MRevenue: $110.5M

Top Cast

George Clooney

George Clooney

Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Dr. Julia Kelly

Marcel Iureș

Marcel Iureș

Dusan Gavrich

Aleksandr Baluev

Aleksandr Baluev

General Aleksandr Kodoroff

Rene Medvešek

Rene Medvešek

Vlado Mirich

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Dimitri Vertikoff

Goran Višnjić

Goran Višnjić

Bazta Sergeant

Tamara Tunie

Tamara Tunie

Jody

Gary Werntz

Gary Werntz

Terry Hamilton

Randall Batinkoff

Randall Batinkoff

Ken

Themes & Keywords

helicopterpoliticsnuclear missilebridgetrain crashnuclear explosiontrainterrorismbackpackmilitarywoman directorbased on magazine, newspaper or articlesnipersdisarming a bomb

About The Peacemaker

The Peacemaker is a action, thriller film released in 1997 exploring themes of helicopter, politics, nuclear missile, bridge, train crash, nuclear explosion. Directed by Mimi Leder, it stars George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iureș. When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.

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