The Russian Woodpecker

Chernobyl & War in Ukraine

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.

Documentary History

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