Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
2022 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 7.3 · 95% critics
Using newly uncovered footage and firsthand recordings, this documentary revisits the Chernobyl disaster and the human cost behind it. It explores the scale of the tragedy, the people forced to respond, and the efforts to hide the truth from the public.
Also known as Chernobyl 86
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Streaming on HBO Max.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-02-28
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (40 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a serious, emotionally direct documentary built from real footage and testimony, especially if you connected with Cries from Syria; Not for you if you want lighter viewing or a hopeful tone.
Pros: powerful firsthand material; gripping true-story tension; emotional human focus | Cons: upsetting disaster footage; heavy subject matter; bleak tone
Themes
- soviet union
- nuclear radiation
- nuclear power plant
- disaster
- chernobyl, ukraine
- chernobyl disaster (1986)
- ussr
Cast & crew
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by James Jones, James Jones