The Battle of Chernobyl (movie)
La Bataille de Tchernobyl- User score: 7.5
- Production country: France
- Producer: Thomas Johnson , Tom Jennings
- Production companies: Play Film
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Release date: 1/28/2007
- Run time: 94 min.
Movie description
On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.
