The Russian Woodpecker

Overview

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.

Directed by Chad Gracia

Top cast

F

Fedor Alexandrovich

Himself

A

Andrei Alexandrovich

Fedor's Father

I

Igor Alexandrovich

Fedor's Son

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Natalia Baranovskaya

Chernobyl Historian

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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

Former President Russia (archive footage)

Viktor Yanukovich

Former President Ukraine (archive footage)

G

Georgiy Kopchinski

Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy

V

Vladimir Komarov

Head of Chernobyl Investigation Committee

V

Vitali Klytsjko

Mayor of Kiev

B

Boris Gorbachev

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