The Russian Woodpecker

Overview

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.

Release Date

31 January 2015

80 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Fedor's Father
Chernobyl Historian
Chernobyl Chief Engineer
Duga Data Commander
Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)
Chernobyl Engineer
Radar Professor
Former President Russia (archive footage)
Former President Ukraine (archive footage)
Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy