A disaster that shall never be forgotten.
On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.
Directed byThomas Johnson, Tom Jennings
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Language
- FR
- Released
- January 28, 2007
Featuring
Cast & crew
Tim Birkett
Narrator
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self
Hans Blix
Self
Oleg Mirochnikov
Self - Translator
- Directed by
- Thomas JohnsonTom Jennings
- Written by
- Olivier Julien
- Produced by
- Hind Saïh
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