Chernobyl : a 5-part miniseries

Author

Craig Mazin

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, OSH)

Languages

In English, French or Latin Spanish, with optional French or Latin Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis, Con O'Neill, Adrian Rawlins, Sam Troughton, Robert Emms, David Dencik, Mark Lewis Jones, Alan Williams, Alex Ferns, Ralph Ineson, Barry Keoghan, Fares Fares, Michael McElhatton.

Publication Information

[Hollywood, CA] : HBO Home Entertainment, [2019]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 321 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA.

Summary

Chernobly is a 5-part HBO miniseries that tells the powerful and visceral story of the worst man-made accident in history: the massive explosion in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union that released radio active material not only across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, but also as far as Scandinavia and Western Europe. From the moment of the early morning blast through the chaos and loss of life in the ensuing days, weeks and months, Chernobyl juxtaposes compelling human stories of bravery and sacrifice with the shocking inertia of a government intent on passing blame and downplaying the dangers of the disasters.

Notes

Originally broadcast as a television miniseries on HBO in 2019.

Bonus features: Inside the episodes ; Behind-the-curtain featurette ; Meet the key players ; What is Chernobyl? ; Pivotal moment - the trial ; Script-to-screen featurette.

Contents

• 1.23:45 ; Please remain calm ; Open wide, O Earth
• Happiness of all mankind ; Vichnaya Pamyat.