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Summary
After the catastrophe in 1986, a 30-km restricted zone was erected around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and 116,000 persons were evacuated from this area.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 82GoodWatch 77
Audience score89%
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 96100Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 25 more
Released
1999
September 11, 1999
27 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Russian
Original language
Also spoken
UkrainianMade in
- Austria
Directing · 2
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- Ivette Löcker Assistant Director, Production Manager
Writing · 1
- Wolfgang Widerhofer Writer, Editor
Sound · 1
- Alexej Salow Sound
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