Chernobyl(TV show/series, 2019)

Name: Chernobyl
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019
Rating: 4.3

| Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 5 episodes

Rating: 4.3/5 (with 2,848 votes)

Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed. The series was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, and Paul Ritter. The series was produced by HBO in the United States and Sky UK in the United Kingdom. The five-part series premiered simultaneously in the United States on May 6, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on May 7. It received widespread critical acclaim for its cinematography, historical accuracy, performances, atmosphere, tone, screenplay, and musical score. At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, it received nineteen nominations and won for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Writing, while Harris, Skarsgård, ... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Chernobyl

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects Satellite Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series nominated for: Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries

About Chernobyl

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

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Trailer for Chernobyl + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Chernobyl (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO(Trailer, 2:39)

Chernobyl Seasons and Episodes

05/06/2019Miniseries - 5 episodes

#1 | 05/06/20191:23:45

4.4/5 (with 182 votes)

April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.

#2 | 05/13/2019Please Remain Calm

4.6/5 (with 153 votes)

With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.

#3 | 05/20/2019Open Wide, O Earth

4.5/5 (with 146 votes)

Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.

#4 | 05/27/2019The Happiness of All Mankind

4.4/5 (with 143 votes)

Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.

#5 | 06/03/2019Vichnaya Pamyat

4.6/5 (with 157 votes)

Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.

Additional Information

Official websites:

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Lithuania, Ukraine

Plays in: Soviet Union

Based on: "Voices from Chernobyl" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 39 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 05/06/2019

Last episode released on: 06/03/2019

Appearing Characters: Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina, Anatoly Dyatlov, Vasily Ignatenko, Viktor Bryukhanov, Mykola Fomin, Alexander Akimov, Leonid Toptunov, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Pikalov, Nikolai Tarakanov, Alexey Ananenko, Valerii Bespalov, Borys Baranov, Mikhail Shchadov, Valery Khodemchuk

Cast: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis, Paul Ritter, Sam Troughton, Robert Emms, Adam Lundgren, Karl Davies, Jay Simpson, Adrian Rawlins, David Dencik, Ralph Ineson, Barry Keoghan, Fares Fares, Michael McElhatton, Con O'Neill, Mark Lewis Jones, Alan Williams, Alex Ferns, Donald Sumpter, Jamie Sives, Baltasar Breki Samper, Michael Socha, Natasha Radski, Michael Colgan, James Cosmo, Hilton McRae, Peter Guinness, Kieran O'Brien, Josef Altin, Billy Postlethwaite, Joshua Leese, Nadia Clifford, Philip Barantini, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Douggie McMeekin, Alexej Manvelov

Creator: Craig Mazin

Director: Johan Renck

Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg

Screenwriter: Craig Mazin

Executive Producer: Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone

Film Editor: Jinx Godfrey

Director of Photography: Jakob Ihre

Composer: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"切尔诺贝利"

"Tšernobõl"

"ჩერნობილი"

"切爾諾貝爾：傷心的兒童"

"チェルノブイリーCHERNOBYLー"

"체르노빌"

"Czarnobyl"

"Чернобиљ"

"Чернобыль"

"Çernobil"

"Chornobyl"

Keywords: miniseries, nuclear catastrophe, based on true story, 1980s, chernobyl

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