The Russian Woodpecker (2015)
As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl 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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Fedor AlexandrovichHimselfAndrei AlexandrovichFedor's FatherIgor AlexandrovichFedor's SonNatalia BarabovskayaChernobyl HistorianAndrei BilykChernobyl Chief EngineerFedor ChebanenkoDuga Data CommanderCharlie D'AgataHimself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)Anatoly DuatlovChernobyl EngineerFedor DubrovkaRadar Professor
Mikhail GorbachevFormer President Russia (archive footage)
Viktor YanukovichFormer President Ukraine (archive footage)Georgiy KopchinskiLast Soviet Head of Atomic EnergyKeywords
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Genre affinityHistory · DocumentaryTheme affinityRussia · Woodpecker · ChernobylPacingShortDirector preference1142257Actor preference334428 · 351669 · 1142244Country preferenceUs
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As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.
How long is The Russian Woodpecker?
The Russian Woodpecker has a runtime of 80 minutes.
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