Creators:
Craig MazinDirected by:
Johan RenckScreenplay:
Craig MazinCinematography:
Jakob IhreComposer:
Hildur GuðnadóttirCast:
Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Ritter, Adam Nagaitis, Robert Emms, Sam Troughton, Con O'Neill, Adrian Rawlins (more)Episodes(5)
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1:23:45 (E01)
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Please Remain Calm (E02)
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Open Wide, O Earth (E03)
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The Happiness of All Mankind (E04)
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Vichnaya Pamyat (E05)
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Based on powerful real-life events, Chernobyl dramatizes the story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, the Ukraine nuclear plant disaster of April 1986. This five-part miniseries recounts the remarkable stories of the heroes who fought and fell to save Europe from an unimaginable disaster. Jared Harris portrays Valery Legasov, the Soviet scientist chosen by the Kremlin to investigate the accident to reveal how and why it happened. Chernobyl tells a tale of lies and cowardice, of courage and conviction, and of human failure and human nobility. (Roadshow Entertainment)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user Goldbeater (1)
Chernobyl (2019)
Occasional factual deviations and over-simplifications are not important at all to this story. Crucially, the makers have succeeded in evoking the spirit of the times, using characters to help establish an impartial indictment of a mendacious ideology and pointing out how far they can go on messing around with natural elements as adherence to fulfilling a plan is involved - all in a downright naturalistic, indiscriminate form. From the first episode, it is an unpleasant and yet incredibly compelling spectacle, based on great acting performances (Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgård are excellent, however, the phenomenal Paul Ritter perhaps struck me the most, as he accurately portrays a man who is the product of that regime). I have to say that the most stunning part was the last episode with the reconstruction of the safety test - knowing its consequences, I had goosebumps all the way through on the edge of my seat. In short, the makers chose the absolutely excellently constructed storyline, the beginning of which will amaze you, the middle will terrify you and the end will leave you devastated. This is a really high quality and consistent piece of work.
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