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Chernobyl [videorecording] / created by Craig Mazin.

Summary:

Epic five-part miniseries dramatizing the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear accident, as told through the stories of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (321 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: [California] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2019]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-3 -- Special features.
Disc 2. Episodes 4-5 -- Special features.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellen Skarsgård.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles ; English SDH.
Subject: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986 > Fiction.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Ukraine > Chornobylʹ > Fiction.
Nuclear reactors > Shielding (Radiation) > Fiction.
Radioactive waste repositories > Ukraine > Fiction.
Chornobylʹ (Ukraine) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Fiction television programs.
Television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical television programs.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Warner Home Video
    Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries co-production from HBO and Sky, dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history - and of the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
    On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe.
    Jared Harris portrays Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist. As part of the response team, he was one of the first to grasp the scope of the unparalleled disaster that occurred. Stellan SkarsgaÌŠrd plays Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl in the hours immediately following the accident. Emily Watson portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what led to the Chernobyl disaster.

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