Chernobyl (2019)
- Directed by
- Johan Renck
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Length
- 1 season, 5 episodes
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 8.7 of 10 from 8,036 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
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How it feels
A historical drama about the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the people involved in the aftermath. It follows scientists, officials, and workers as they confront the catastrophic explosion and its consequences.
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What happens
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 performances, historical accuracy, atmosphere, tone, screenplay, cinematography, 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, and Watson received acting nominations. At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, the series won for Best Miniseries or Television Film and Skarsgård won for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. At the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards it won best miniseries and Harris won for Best Actor. The release of each episode was accompanied by a podcast in which Mazin and NPR host Peter Sagal discuss instances of artistic license and the reasoning behind them. While critics, experts and witnesses have noted historical and factual discrepancies in the series, the creators' attention to detail has been widely praised. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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