The Russian Woodpecker
“Chernobyl & War in Ukraine”
2015•1h 20m•6.2•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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
Writer
Chad Gracia
Languages
English, Russian
Studio
Rattapallax
Cast
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
Former President Russia (archive footage)
Viktor Yanukovich
Former President Ukraine (archive footage)
Georgiy Kopchinski
Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy
Vladimir Komarov
Head of Chernobyl Investigation Committee
Vitali Klytsjko
Mayor of Kiev
Boris Gorbachev
Production
Company
Rattapallax
Company
Roast Beef Productions
Company
GraciaFilms
Producer
Chad Gracia
Producer
Mike Lerner
Producer
Ram Devineni
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