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- 1. 1:23:45 May 6, 2019
- Plant workers and firefighters work to control an explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
- 2. Please Remain Calm May 13, 2019
- Nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk fears that a second explosion could devastate the continent.
- 3. Open Wide, O Earth May 20, 2019
- Lyudmilla Ignatenko ignores warnings about her firefighter husband's contamination.
Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed. The series was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, and Paul Ritter.
- Valery Legasov
Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (Russian: Валерий Алексеевич...
- Jared Harris
Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British...
- Effects
The estimated number of deaths from the Chernobyl nuclear...
- Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant
Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant (Russian: Ленинградская...
- Nikolai Tarakanov
Nikolai Dmitrievich Tarakanov (born 19 May 1934, Gremyachye,...
- Viktor Bryukhanov
Bryukhanov had a severe form of Parkinson's disease, in...
- Alan Williams
The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV - 2003) as Stubberd; The Last...
- Valery Legasov
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Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the nuclear plant disaster which occurred in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Union), showing the stories of the people who caused the disaster and those who responded to it.The series depicts some of the least known stories of the disaster, including the efforts of the firefighters who were the firs...
Main
1. Jared Harris as Valery Legasov, the deputy director of the Kurchatov Institutebrought in to aid cleanup efforts. 2. Stellan Skarsgård as Boris Shcherbina, the Council of Ministers' deputy chairman. 3. Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk, nuclear physicist from Minsk. Khomyuk is a fictional composite character. According to Watson, Khomyuk "represents the many scientists who worked fearlessly and put themselves in a lot of danger to help solve the situation". 4. Paul Ritter as Anatoly Dyatlov, as...
Recurring
1. Adam Lundgren as Vyacheslav Brazhnik, the senior turbine operator at Chernobyl. 2. Karl Davies as Viktor Proskuryakov, a senior reactor control engineer trainee at Chernobyl. 3. Donald Sumpteras Zharkov, a Pripyat executive committee member. 4. Billy Postlethwaite as Boris Stolyarchuk, the senior unit #4 control engineer at Chernobyl. 5. Joshua Leese as Igor Kirschenbaum, a senior turbine control engineer at Chernobyl. 6. Nadia Clifford as Svetlana Zinchenko, a doctor treating Vasily Ignat...
Guest
1. Jay Simpson as Valeriy Perevozchenko, the foreman in the reactor section. 2. Michael Colgan as Mikhail Shchadov[ru], Soviet Minister of Coal Industry. 3. James Cosmoas a miner. 4. Hilton McRaeas Milan Kadnikov, the judge presiding over the trial of Dyatlov, Bryukhanov, and Fomin. 5. Kieran O'Brien as Valery Khodemchuk, the night shift main circulating pump operator at Chernobyl. 6. Natasha Radskias Russian News Reader.
Development and writing
Writer Craig Mazinbegan researching for the project in 2014, by reading books and government reports from inside and outside of the Soviet Union. Mazin also interviewed nuclear scientists to learn how a reactor works, and former Soviet citizens to gain a better idea of the culture in 1986. Furthermore, Mazin read several first-person accounts in order to bring additional authenticity to the story. He explained, "When you're reading the personal stories of people who were there — people who li...
Casting
Simultaneously with the initial series announcement, it was confirmed that Jared Harris would star in the series. On March 19, 2018, it was announced that Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson had joined the main cast. In May 2018, it was announced that Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adrian Rawlins, and Con O'Neillalso joined the cast.
Filming
Principal photography began in April 2018 in Lithuania. Initial filming started on May 13, 2018. The majority of the filmings took place in Fabijoniškės, a residential district in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Fabijoniskes has maintained an authentic Soviet atmosphere. Accordingly, it was used to portray the Ukrainian city of Pripyat. An area of densely built panel housing apartments served as a location for the evacuation scenes. Director Johan Renck heavily criticised the amount of div...
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Chernobyl: Created by Craig Mazin. With Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis. In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind.
In April 1986, a huge explosion erupted at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine. This series follows the stories of the men and women, who tried to contain the disaster, as well as those who gave their lives preventing a subsequent and worse one.
Chernobyl: Music from the Original TV Series is the soundtrack album to the historical drama miniseries Chernobyl, based on the aftermath of Chernobyl disaster that occurred during 1986.
Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. The production companies are HBO, Sky UK, Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, and Word Games.
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May 6, 2019 · With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.
