The Russian Woodpecker

The Russian Woodpecker

Chernobyl & War in Ukraine

2015 · Documentary, History · 1h 20m · 6.2

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

F
Fedor Alexandrovich
Himself
A
Andrei Alexandrovich
Fedor's Father
I
Igor Alexandrovich
Fedor's Son
N
Natalia Baranovskaya
Chernobyl Historian
A
Andrei Bilyk
Chernobyl Chief Engineer
F
Fedor Chebanenko
Duga Data Commander
C
Charlie D'Agata
Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)
A
Anatoly Duatlov
Chernobyl Engineer
F
Fedor Dubrovka
Radar Professor
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former President Russia (archive footage)
Viktor Yanukovich
Viktor Yanukovich
Former President Ukraine (archive footage)
G
Georgiy Kopchinski
Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy

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