# Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)

> A nine-part American docuseries that traces the atomic age and Cold War rivalry through archival footage and firsthand accounts.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/161648

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 9
- Episode runtime: 67 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, history
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Aylam Orian, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Joseph Stalin, Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton
- TMDB rating: 8.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26227818/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Tone: sober, measured, sombre, retrospective

## What critics say

Audiences rate this acclaimed docuseries highly for its archival depth and firsthand accounts of the Cold War.

## Synopsis

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024) is a Netflix docuseries created in the United States, presented as a single nine-episode limited series. Its narration is built around firsthand accounts and archival footage of prominent figures, with archive appearances from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, Albert Einstein and Adolf Hitler, along with later leaders such as Boris Yeltsin, Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel and George W. Bush. A present-day interview figure, credited as Aylam Orian playing Vladimir Putin, appears across the full run, adding a contemporary voice to the historical record. Each episode, running about an hour, follows the chain of decisions that carried the world from the atomic bomb into superpower standoff and its long aftermath. The engine of the series is escalation itself: how a weapon that ended one war became the foundation of a rivalry that shaped politics for generations. Its atmosphere is sober and measured, with the weight of nuclear fear and diplomatic maneuvering surfacing through careful editing of old film and testimony. Viewers drawn to the Cold War history of The Cold War and to archival-driven documentary series will find resonance here. The series suits anyone seeking a serious, comprehensive account of nuclear history told through the people who made it.

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