The Russian Woodpecker
Chernobyl & War in Ukraine
6.2
38 votes
January 31, 2015
1h 20m
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.
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Cast
Fedor Alexandrovich
HimselfAndrei Alexandrovich
Fedor's FatherIgor Alexandrovich
Fedor's SonNatalia Baranovskaya
Chernobyl HistorianAndrei Bilyk
Chernobyl Chief EngineerFedor Chebanenko
Duga Data CommanderCharlie D'Agata
Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)Anatoly Duatlov
Chernobyl EngineerFedor Dubrovka
Radar Professor
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former President Russia (archive footage)
Viktor Yanukovich
Former President Ukraine (archive footage)Georgiy Kopchinski
Last Soviet Head of Atomic EnergyVladimir Komarov
Head of Chernobyl Investigation CommitteeVitali Klytsjko
Mayor of KievBoris Gorbachev
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