

The Russian Woodpecker
Chernobyl & War in Ukraine
6.3(36 votes)
2015
1h 20m
Documentary
History
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.
Production
Rattapallax, Roast Beef Productions, GraciaFilms
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)