

The Battle of Chernobyl
Visit website7.5/10 • 49
2007-01-28 • 1h 34m
A disaster that shall never be forgotten.
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

The Battle of Chernobyl
Visit website2007-01-28 • 1h 34m
7.5/10 • 49
A disaster that shall never be forgotten.
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
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsTim Birkett
Narrator
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self
Hans Blix
Self
Oleg Mirochnikov
Self - Translator
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- French
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- Keywords
- nuclear power plantnuclear explosiondisastermikhail gorbachevnuclear powernuclear catastrophechernobyl