The Russian Woodpecker
As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.
The Russian Woodpecker (2015)
Chad Gracia
At a glance
Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom
Ratings
TMDB users
6.2/10
37 votes
Rating consensus
62/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~62/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Fedor Alexandrovich
Himself
Andrei Alexandrovich
Fedor's Father
Igor Alexandrovich
Fedor's Son
Natalia Baranovskaya
Chernobyl Historian
Andrei Bilyk
Chernobyl Chief Engineer
Fedor Chebanenko
Duga Data Commander
Charlie D'Agata
Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)
Anatoly Duatlov
Chernobyl Engineer
Fedor Dubrovka
Radar Professor
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former President Russia (archive footage)
Viktor Yanukovich
Former President Ukraine (archive footage)
Georgiy Kopchinski
Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy
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The Russian Woodpecker (2015)
Chad Gracia
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