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Chernobyl

Chernobyl

What is the cost of lies?

20198.71 Season5 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Carolyn Strauss
Written by Craig Mazin
Produced by Sanne Wohlenberg
NetworksHBO

Top Cast

Jared Harris

Jared Harris

Valery Legasov

Stellan Skarsgård

Stellan Skarsgård

Boris Shcherbina

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Ulana Khomyuk

Paul Ritter

Paul Ritter

Anatoly Dyatlov

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Lyudmilla Ignatenko

Adam Nagaitis

Adam Nagaitis

Vasily Ignatenko

Sam Troughton

Sam Troughton

Alexandr Akimov

Robert Emms

Robert Emms

Leonid Toptunov

Con O'Neill

Con O'Neill

Viktor Bryukhanov

Adrian Rawlins

Adrian Rawlins

Nikolai Fomin

Themes & Keywords

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About Chernobyl

Chernobyl is a drama series that first aired in 2019 exploring themes of based on true story, disaster, miniseries, nuclear catastrophe, 1980s, chernobyl. Created by Carolyn Strauss, it stars Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson. 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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