Miniseries (2019)
Release date: 2019-05-06
User rating:
9 / 10
Screenwriter: Craig Mazin
Episodes (5):
1. 1:23:45
April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
Release date: 2019-05-06
2. Please Remain Calm
With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.
Release date: 2019-05-13
3. Open Wide, O Earth
Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
Release date: 2019-05-20
4. The Happiness of All Mankind
Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.
Release date: 2019-05-27
5. Vichnaya Pamyat
Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.
Release date: 2019-06-03
Cast
Jared Harris
as Valery Legasov
Stellan Skarsgård
as Boris Shcherbina
Emily Watson
as Ulana Khomyuk
Paul Ritter
as Anatoly Dyatlov
Jessie Buckley
as Lyudmilla Ignatenko
Adam Nagaitis
as Vasily Ignatenko
Sam Troughton
as Alexandr Akimov
Robert Emms
as Leonid Toptunov
Con O'Neill
as Viktor Bryukhanov
Adrian Rawlins
as Nikolai Fomin
Alan Williams
as KGB Chairman Charkov
David Dencik
as Mikhail Gorbachev
Mark Lewis Jones
as General Pikalov
Ralph Ineson
as General Tarakanov
Barry Keoghan
as Pavel
Alex Ferns
as Glukhov
Fares Fares
as Bacho
Michael McElhatton
as Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin
Crew - click here to expand
Chris Fry - Co-Executive Producer, Sanne Wohlenberg - Producer, Carolyn Strauss - Executive Producer, Craig Mazin - Executive Producer, Johan Renck - Co-Executive Producer, Jane Featherstone - Executive Producer, Max Klaentschi - Art Direction, Claire Levinson-Gendler - Set Decoration, Luke Hull - Production Design, Paulius Dascioras - Art Direction, Robert Sterne - Casting, Gavin Fitch - Art Direction, Odile Dicks-Mireaux - Costume Design, Hildur Guðnadóttir - Original Music Composer, Nina Gold - Casting, Jakob Ihre - Director of Photography, Daniel Parker - Makeup Designer, David Meanti - First Assistant Director, Andrius Zvaliauskas - Assistant Unit Manager, Jone Grubyte - Art Department Assistant, Donatas Bakanas - Unit Manager, Evelina Verčinskaja - Second Second Assistant Director, Martin Ware - Casting Associate, Linas Astramskas - Assistant Location Manager, Neil Floyd - Graphic Designer, Nicola Morrow - Production Manager, Liam Daniel - Still Photographer, Jill McCullough - Dialect Coach, Evaldas Dabašinskas - Transportation Coordinator, Aukse Veitaite - Production Secretary, Rita Struziene - Production Accountant, Dalia Daugilytė - Casting Assistant, Darius Baltusis - Assistant Location Manager, Anita Dhillon - Graphic Designer, Jackie Gilbey - Assistant Accountant, Dalia Survilaitė - Local Casting, Goda Gajauskaite - Assistant Location Manager, Astrid Sieben - Standby Art Director, Daniel Parker - Prosthetic Designer, Tautvydas Savukaitis - Second Second Assistant Director, Vasilij Kazakevic - Transportation Captain, Ieva Buzinskaite - Art Department Coordinator, James O'Brien - Sculptor, Ieva Svitojute - Production Coordinator, Karen Walker - Second Assistant Accountant, Simonas Šaineris - Set Production Assistant, Naomi Joy Todd - Dialect Coach, Domantas Jakucionis - Draughtsman, Nancy Connor - Scenic Artist, Robert How - Line Producer, Chris Roufs - Script Supervisor, Aurelijus Silkinis - Assistant Location Manager, Vytautas Riabovas - Location Scout, Justas Paliukaitis - Draughtsman, Dominee Reid - Scenic Artist, Jacqueline Lesko - Co-Producer, Amy Sharman - Production Secretary, Vita Survilaite - Casting Assistant, Arnas Ringaitis - Production Manager, Aiste Borjas - Travel Coordinator, Julius Karvelis - Assistant Location Manager, Justinas Breimelis - Assistant Unit Manager, Ainis Jankauskas - Art Direction, Laura Ng - Standby Art Director, Renuaras Krivelis - Construction Manager, Lindsay McFarlane - Visual Effects Producer, Sarah Stiff - Assistant Accountant, Brett Thomas - Second Assistant Director, Elaine Waugh - Post Production Supervisor, Cheyenne Conway - Production Manager, Karolis Kasikauskas - Key Set Production Assistant, Birute Masaityte-Judickiene - Assistant Production Coordinator, Unė Liandzbergytė - Assistant Production Coordinator, Renata Dobrikiene - Assistant Accountant, Lukas Kudapcenka - Third Assistant Director, Karen Wakefield - Supervising Art Director, Tomas Jankauskas - Graphic Designer, Mantautas Kvedaras - Production Manager, Polly Jefferies - Production Coordinator, Egle Zajankauskaite - Production Assistant, Kristina Valvoliene - Assistant Accountant, Gintas Matonis - Construction Manager, Rolandas Joneliūkštis - First Assistant "B" Camera, Andrius Zubkaitis - Leadman, Martynas Kosas - Set Dresser, Donatas Pirstelis - Construction Manager, Justinas Baciuska - Set Dressing Buyer, Felicity Hickman - Set Decoration Buyer, Marius Smailys - Set Dresser, Vytas Gudlevicius - Key Grip, Jurgis Paškevičius - Set Dresser, Dmitrij Sinelscikov - Electrician, Justin Hayzelden - Property Master, Evaldas Simelevicius - Set Dressing Buyer, Martynas Vinciunas - Set Dresser, Vytautas Ruminas - Set Dresser, Lina Geciene - Assistant Set Decoration, Darius Stelmokas - Assistant Set Dresser, Daiva Petrulytė - Assistant Costume Designer, Julio Parodi - Hair Supervisor, Bozena Maisejenko - Makeup Supervisor, Kati Hood - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Steven Godfrey - 3D Supervisor, Ting Yu Sylvester - Visual Effects Compositor, Guled Ahmed - Visual Effects Compositor, Paulo Darco - Visual Effects Compositor, Michael Maroussas - Dialogue Editor, Ieva Rojūtė - Set Dressing Buyer, Feliksas Abrukauskas - Additional Camera, Dovydas Strioga - Grip, Jonas Burnickis - Drone Operator, Jurga Kleizaitè - Costume Assistant, Barrie Gower - Prosthetic Supervisor, Emma Faulkes - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Anita Berkhane - Visual Effects Editor, Alice Locuratolo - Visual Effects Compositor, Emily Greeley - Visual Effects Compositor, Stafford Lawrence - Animation Supervisor, Magali Gibert - Head of Production, Arturas But - Set Dresser, Ona Kvintaité - Set Dresser, Sofia Larsson - First Assistant "A" Camera, J-P Passi - Additional Camera, Audrius Budrys - Additional Camera, Titas Obelenis - Data Wrangler, Justinas Petravicius - Data Wrangler, Sylvie Ong - Costume Supervisor, Giedre Matuleviciene - Seamstress, Ula Pakalniskyte - Makeup Supervisor, J-P Passi - Second Unit Director of Photography, Tom Pegg - Visual Effects Compositor, Jay Murray - Visual Effects Compositor, Alistair Darby - 3D Artist, Terry Tsang - Roto Supervisor, Harry Barnes - ADR Supervisor, Henrikas Gudlevičius - Best Boy Grip, Janne Jannsen - Drone Operator, Jonas Balys Paslauskas - Electrician, Anna Munro - Costume Supervisor, Rūta Miglinaitė - Makeup & Hair, Duane Lafayette-Barton - Visual Effects Editor, Pete Baxter - Visual Effects Compositor, Heidi Elliott - Animation, Stuart Hilliker - Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Gwen Griffiths - Animal Wrangler, Matas Jankauskas - Drone Operator, Rūta Padvelskytė - Makeup Trainee, Asta Cancingeriene - Unit Medic, Beth Hart - Visual Effects Production Assistant, Colin Eade - Visual Effects Compositor, Daniel Churchill - Visual Effects Compositor, Pasquale Riefoil - VFX Artist, John Kay - Animation, Alex Alvarez - Animation, Jean-Clement Soret - Colorist, Vitalij Strigunkov - Standby Painter, Marius Zilenas - Grip, Greta Vitkauskaite - Costume Assistant, Giedre Girdauskaite - Costume Assistant, Vėjūnė Tamuliūnaitė - Costume Assistant, Bozena Maisejenko - Hair Supervisor, Aivaras Sidla - Second Unit Location Manager, Francesc Prat Duten - Second Unit First Assistant Director, Evyen Klean - Music Supervisor, Craig Ferreira - First Assistant Editor, Paul Jones - Visual Effects Producer, William Carley - 3D Artist, Tadas Ustinavicius - Armorer, Saulius Lukoševičius - Additional Camera, Lucy Pittard - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Nessa Zhang Mingfang - 3D Artist, Andy Potter - 3D Artist, Charlotte Laing - Digital Intermediate Producer, Louise Stevenson - Digital Intermediate Producer, Grigory Kutsenko - Set Dresser, Jo Vaughan - Animal Wrangler, Ants Martin Vahur - "A" Camera Operator, Giedrius Bukaitis - Best Boy Electrician, Marta Skalska - Makeup & Hair, Fay Hancocks - Visual Effects Production Manager, Jan Hrebicek - 3D Artist, Jimmy Rogers - 3D Artist, Mark Pascoe - 3D Artist, Elisenda Faustino - 3D Artist, Nick Timms - Online Editor, Aleksandr Petrovskij - Second Assistant "B" Camera, Claudius Rauch - Special Effects Supervisor, Mac McGeary - Health and Safety, Max Dennison - Visual Effects Supervisor, Howard Truong - Visual Effects Production Assistant, Eliot Speed - Animation, Anna Wright - Foley Artist, Andrius Savickas - Set Dresser, Emilija Einoryte - Assistant Set Dresser, Gustav Gerdes - Drone Operator, Gvido Puke - Drone Operator, Nikolas Verseckas - Video Assist Operator, Matas Jurginis - Video Assist Operator, Zygimantas Strolia - Electrician, Natalie Mitchell - Makeup & Hair, Paul Spateri - Prosthetic Supervisor, Elena Topouzoglou - Visual Effects Compositor, Philipp Kratzer - VFX Artist, Martynas Baltrusaitis - Set Dresser, Paulius Dranseika - Standby Carpenter, Rimvydas Leipus - Additional Camera, Marc-Jason Maier - Digital Imaging Technician, Nicolas Fejoz - Boom Operator, Holly McLean - Assistant Costume Designer, Gerda Kajeniene - Wardrobe Supervisor, Dalia Vizgirdaite - Costume Assistant, Martina Byrne - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Måns Månsson - Second Unit Director, James Robson - 3D Artist, Connor Kitto - Matchmove Supervisor, Mantautas Klimas - Camera Trainee, Simonas Jakubauskas - Drone Operator, Tobias Henriksson - Gaffer, Vidmantas Kralikauskas - Electrician, Aliona Abasova - Seamstress, Natalija Samonenko - Seamstress, Žaneta Jasiūnienė - Makeup & Hair, Victoria Money - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Patrick Dean - Visual Effects Production Assistant, George Butler - Visual Effects Production Assistant, Phil Gifford - VFX Artist, Lukas Niemczyk - VFX Artist, Philip Clements - Foley Mixer, Karin Jakobsson - Second Assistant "A" Camera, Hannah Eccleston - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Luke Letkey - 2D Supervisor, Filip Lyman - "B" Camera Operator, Christian Pellving - Drone Operator, Greta Butrimaviciute - Costume Assistant, Phillip J. Braunschober - Special Effects Technician, Linas Kuzminskas - Special Effects Technician, Alicia Aguilera - Visual Effects Compositor, George Cressey - Visual Effects Compositor, Andrew Robertson - 3D Artist, Harriette Cates - 3D Artist, Ants Martin Vahur - Steadicam Operator, Jovana Jovanavic - Makeup & Hair, Chloe Muton-Philips - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Lucy Sibbick - Prosthetic Makeup Artist, Robyn Woolley - Visual Effects Production Assistant, Jolan Auzeby - VFX Artist, Joe Beal - Sound Designer, Vincent Piponnier - Sound Recordist, Egidijus Braziūnas - Rigging Gaffer, Ricardas Rutkauskas - Electrician, Jonas Čepulis - Electrician, James Cox - Health and Safety, Liyana Mansor - Visual Effects Editor, Eleanor Rogers - Visual Effects Compositor, Vasco Cerqueira - Visual Effects Compositor, Colin Tunnicliffe - Animation, Stefan Henrix - Supervising Sound Editor, Tom Stewart - Foley Editor, Yevheniia Yatsuta - Co-Producer, Craig Mazin - Screenplay, Elo Soode - Concept Artist, Elo Soode - Conceptual Design, Clare Cheetham - Visual Effects Producer, Nataša Nikolić - Makeup Supervisor