The Russian Woodpecker
2015 · Movie · Not Rated · 80 min · ★ 6.2 · 85% critics
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.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-01-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (37 votes)
Themes
- woodpecker
- nuclear catastrophe
- chernobyl, ukraine
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary · 2015
Cast & crew
- FA
Fedor Alexandrovich
as Himself
- AA
Andrei Alexandrovich
as Fedor's Father
- IA
Igor Alexandrovich
as Fedor's Son
- NB
Natalia Baranovskaya
as Chernobyl Historian
- AB
Andrei Bilyk
as Chernobyl Chief Engineer
- FC
Fedor Chebanenko
as Duga Data Commander
- CD
Charlie D'Agata
as Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)
- AD
Anatoly Duatlov
as Chernobyl Engineer
- FD
Fedor Dubrovka
as Radar Professor
Mikhail Gorbachev
as Former President Russia (archive footage)
Directed by Chad Gracia