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The China Syndrome(Movie, 1979)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Genres: Drama, Thriller
The China SyndromeRating: 3.6/5 (with 186186 votes)
The China Syndrome is a 1979 American disaster thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. The film stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas (who also produced), Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, and Wilford Brimley. It follows a television reporter and her cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. "China syndrome" is a fanciful term that describes a fictional result of a nuclear meltdown, where reactor components melt through their containment structures and into the ... ()
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Duration: 2h 2min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for The China Syndrome

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Production Design

About The China Syndrome

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

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Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: California
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/21/1980 (World premiere: 03/16/1979)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Síndrome da China"
"Cinsky syndrom"
"Chiński Syndrom"
"Kina-syndromet"

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