The Russian Woodpecker

Chernobyl & War in Ukraine

Duration: 80 min

Release date: 2015-01-31

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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.

Documentary History

The Russian Woodpecker

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Fedor Alexandrovich

Fedor Alexandrovich

Andrei Alexandrovich

Andrei Alexandrovich

as Fedor's Father

Igor Alexandrovich

Igor Alexandrovich

Natalia Baranovskaya

Natalia Baranovskaya

as Chernobyl Historian

as Chernobyl Chief Engineer

Fedor Chebanenko

Fedor Chebanenko

as Duga Data Commander

Charlie D'Agata

Charlie D'Agata

as Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)

Anatoly Duatlov

Anatoly Duatlov

as Chernobyl Engineer

as Radar Professor

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

as Former President Russia (archive footage)

Viktor Yanukovich

Viktor Yanukovich

as Former President Ukraine (archive footage)

Georgiy Kopchinski

Georgiy Kopchinski

as Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy

Vladimir Komarov

Vladimir Komarov

as Head of Chernobyl Investigation Committee

Vitali Klytsjko

Vitali Klytsjko

as Mayor of Kiev

Boris Gorbachev

Boris Gorbachev

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Director of Photography

Marina Orekhova

Marina Orekhova

Associate Producer

Additional Photography

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