TSCHERNOBYL 86
7.9
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.
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Volker Heise Director · Johannes Repka Composer Theo Bass Composer
First release April 13, 2026 · Produced in Germany · Languages German, Russian, Ukrainian
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Film Five
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Germany
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Original title
Tschernobyl 86 - Der Super-GAU
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Germany · April 13, 2026
TV · Das Erste
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