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Chernobyl & War in Ukraine

6.2(37)1h 20m2015-01-31

DocumentaryHistory

Overview

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.

Director:: Chad Gracia
Writers:: Chad Gracia
Producers:: Chad Gracia, Mike Lerner, Ram Devineni
Cinematographer:: Artem Ryzhykov
Production:: Rattapallax, Roast Beef Productions, GraciaFilms
Status:: Released

Cast

Fedor Alexandrovich

Fedor Alexandrovich

Himself

Andrei Alexandrovich

Andrei Alexandrovich

Fedor's Father

Igor Alexandrovich

Igor Alexandrovich

Fedor's Son

Natalia Baranovskaya

Natalia Baranovskaya

Chernobyl Historian

Andrei Bilyk

Andrei Bilyk

Chernobyl Chief Engineer

Fedor Chebanenko

Fedor Chebanenko

Duga Data Commander

Charlie D'Agata

Charlie D'Agata

Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)

Anatoly Duatlov

Anatoly Duatlov

Chernobyl Engineer

Fedor Dubrovka

Fedor Dubrovka

Radar Professor

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Former President Russia (archive footage)

Viktor Yanukovich

Viktor Yanukovich

Former President Ukraine (archive footage)

Georgiy Kopchinski

Georgiy Kopchinski

Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy