Pripyat
7.4
After the catastrophe in 1986, a 30-km restricted zone was erected around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and 116,000 persons were evacuated from this area. Pripyat is a portrait of the people who still live and work there, and of those who have moved back. What is life like for these people, a life with the invisible and incomprehensible danger of radioactivity? How do they deal with the aftereffects of an accident which is claimed to be statistically improbable? Four protagonists tell their stories and provide a look at everyday life in “their“ zone.
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Nikolaus Geyrhalter Director · Wolfgang Widerhofer Writer
First release February 15, 1999 · Produced in Austria · Languages Russian, Ukrainian
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Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion
Production
Austria
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Germany · February 15, 1999
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 11, 1999 · Limited theatrical · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
July 3, 1999 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Hungary
October 10, 2000 · Digital
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