David Bowie was originally slated to record several songs for the film but was only able to contribute the title song due to time constraints regarding his then-upcoming album "Never Let Me Down". Roger Waters contributed to most of the film's songs instead.
This movie was part of a cycle of movies about nuclear war and the risks of nuclear energy. Other movies included: The China Syndrome (1979), Silkwood (1983), Testament (1983), Threads (1984), WarGames (1983), The Day After (1983), The Atomic Cafe (1982), The Manhattan Project (1986), Whoops Apocalypse (1982), Special Bulletin (1983), Ground Zero (1987), Barefoot Gen (1983), Rules of Engagement (1989), Dead Man's Letters (1986), Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) and The Chain Reaction (1980).
Just three years after this film was released in Germany, the Berlin Wall came down quite peaceably, and only three weeks later the Cold War was over.
Both Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Sir John Mills won their Oscars while appearing in Sir David Lean epics.
The steam from the boiling kettle early in the film forms the shape of a mushroom cloud.