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The Russian Woodpecker

Chernobyl & War in Ukraine

2015 · 1h 20m · 6.2 on TMDB

Documentary History

As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.

Cast

Fedor Alexandrovich
Himself
Andrei Alexandrovich
Fedor's Father
Igor Alexandrovich
Fedor's Son
Natalia Baranovskaya
Chernobyl Historian

Andrei Bilyk

Chernobyl Chief Engineer

Fedor Chebanenko

Duga Data Commander

Charlie D'Agata

Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)

Anatoly Duatlov

Chernobyl Engineer

Fedor Dubrovka

Radar Professor

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Former President Russia (archive footage)

Viktor Yanukovich

Viktor Yanukovich

Former President Ukraine (archive footage)

Georgiy Kopchinski

Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy

Awards

Grand Jury Prize · 2015Sundance

Production

Rattapallax Roast Beef Productions GraciaFilms

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Released: January 31, 2015

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