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The Russian Woodpecker

6.220151h 20mMovieDocumentaryHistory

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.

DirectorChad Gracia
WriterChad Gracia
ProducersChad Gracia·Mike Lerner

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Cast · Directed by Chad Gracia

FA
Fedor Alexandrovich
Himself
AA
Andrei Alexandrovich
Fedor's Father
IA
Igor Alexandrovich
Fedor's Son
NB
Natalia Baranovskaya
Chernobyl Historian
AB
Andrei Bilyk
Chernobyl Chief Engineer
FC
Fedor Chebanenko
Duga Data Commander
CD
Charlie D'Agata
Himself - CBS News Foreign Correspondent (archive footage)
AD
Anatoly Duatlov
Chernobyl Engineer
FD
Fedor Dubrovka
Radar Professor
MGMikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Former President Russia (archive footage)
VYViktor Yanukovich
Viktor Yanukovich
Former President Ukraine (archive footage)
GK
Georgiy Kopchinski
Last Soviet Head of Atomic Energy

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The Russian Woodpecker is streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy and Hoopla in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. It's not currently on Netflix.

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The Russian Woodpecker is available to stream free (with ads) on Kanopy and Hoopla in United States.