The Russian Woodpecker

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Fedor Alexandrovich

Fedor AlexandrovichHimself

Andrei Alexandrovich

Andrei AlexandrovichFedor's Father

Igor Alexandrovich

Igor AlexandrovichFedor's Son

Natalia Baranovskaya

Natalia BaranovskayaChernobyl Historian

Andrei Bilyk

Andrei BilykChernobyl Chief Engineer

Fedor Chebanenko

Fedor ChebanenkoDuga Data Commander

Charlie D'Agata

Charlie D'AgataHimself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)

Anatoly Duatlov

Anatoly DuatlovChernobyl Engineer

Fedor Dubrovka

Fedor DubrovkaRadar Professor

Mikhail GorbachevFormer President Russia (archive footage)

Viktor YanukovichFormer President Ukraine (archive footage)

Georgiy Kopchinski

Georgiy KopchinskiLast Soviet Head of Atomic Energy