Chernobyl: The Last Battle of the USSR

Synopsis

Three decades after the nuclear explosion, almost everything has been said about this ecological and sanitary disaster that made Pripiat a part of History. How did the greatest industrial disaster change the course of History, disrupt global geopolitics and, directly or indirectly, redistribute the balances and power relations of the twentieth century? The world will never be the same again. By retracing the incredible battle waged by the Soviet Union against radiation, this film proposes to retrace and enlighten an extraordinary story, while exploring the historical stakes in the medium and long-term…

Directed by

Thibault Férié

Written by

Thibault Férié

Cast

PI

Pierre Tissot

Narrator (voice)

NA

Natalia Baranovskaya

Self

MA

Marc Molitor

Self

VL

Vladimir Usatenko

Self

Kate Brown

Self

YV

Yves Lenoir

Self

MY

Mykhailo Garasyu

Self

AN

Anatolii Karatsyuba

Self

SE

Sergei Burenkov

Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

Hervé Claude

Self (archive footage)

Details

Released

April 14, 2021

Runtime

55m

Status

Released

Language

FR

Original title

Tchernobyl, la dernière bataille de l'URSS

Country

France