Documentary ·History ·TV Movie · Germany · 2026 · 1h 28m

TSCHERNOBYL 86

Tschernobyl 86 - Der Super-GAU

Director

Cast

Crew

Janine Dauterich — Editor Theo Bass — Original Music Composer Johannes Repka — Original Music Composer Volker Heise — Screenplay Yan Schoenefeld — Producer

Synopsis

Forty years since Chernobyl. Volker Heise’s new film recounts the 1986 nuclear disaster for the first time from the perspectives of both East and West Germany and Ukraine, using archive footage only. TSCHERNOBYL 86 is a gripping political thriller featuring previously unseen archive material which brings the events of that time into an unsettlingly present-day context.

Key Collaborators

Volker Heise Director Janine Dauterich Editor Theo Bass Original Music Composer Johannes Repka Original Music Composer Volker Heise Screenplay Yan Schoenefeld Producer

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