Released:
2007-01-28

Overview:
On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.

Directors:
Thomas Johnson, Tom Jennings

Runtime:
1h 34min

Genre:
Documentary, History

• Cast:
• 
  Tim Birkett
  as
  Narrator
• 
  Mikhail Gorbachev
  as
  Self
• 
  Hans Blix
  as
  Self
• 
  Oleg Mirochnikov
  as
  Self - Translator