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What is the cost of lies?

Overview

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

  1. Craig Mazin

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Jared Harris

    Valery Legasov

  2. Cast 1

    Stellan Skarsgård

    Boris Shcherbina

  3. Cast 1

    Emily Watson

    Ulana Khomyuk

  4. Cast 1

    Paul Ritter

    Anatoly Dyatlov

  5. Cast 1

    Jessie Buckley

    Lyudmilla Ignatenko

  6. Cast 1

    Adam Nagaitis

    Vasily Ignatenko

  7. Cast 1

    Sam Troughton

    Alexandr Akimov

  8. Cast 1

    Robert Emms

    Leonid Toptunov

  9. Cast 1

    Con O'Neill

    Viktor Bryukhanov

Last Season

Poster

Miniseries

2019 | 5 episodes

season 1 of Chernobyl premiered on May 6, 2019.

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I was really excited for this series as I have read a good amount about the USSR and have a personal relationship to it, having been born in a former satellite country. But I came away disappointed. The series really drew out some scenes for no reason, to the point where I felt the need to fast-forward (for example, essentially the ~entire 5 minutes of going under the core to open a valve). I was also frustrated that the series started right at the point of disaster; I think I would have appreciated more context in a backstory section. Can't recommend.

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Status Ended

Network Network

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish 

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