CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 1h 20m

The Russian Woodpecker

Chernobyl & War in Ukraine

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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.

Directed byChad Gracia

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
EN
Released
January 31, 2015
Studios
RattapallaxRoast Beef ProductionsGraciaFilms

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

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)

Creative team
Directed by
Chad Gracia
Chad Gracia
Written by
Chad Gracia
Chad Gracia
Produced by
Mike Lerner
Chad Gracia
Chad Gracia

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