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Chernobyl

2019 · 1 season · Drama

What is the cost of lies?

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.

Where to watch Chernobyl

Chernobyl is streaming in the US on HBO Max.

It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home.

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Seasons

• Miniseries — 5 episodes (May 6, 2019)

Cast

• Jared Harris as Valery Legasov
• Stellan Skarsgård as Boris Shcherbina
• Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk
• Paul Ritter as Anatoly Dyatlov
• Jessie Buckley as Lyudmilla Ignatenko
• Adam Nagaitis as Vasily Ignatenko
• Sam Troughton as Alexandr Akimov
• Robert Emms as Leonid Toptunov
• Con O'Neill as Viktor Bryukhanov
• Adrian Rawlins as Nikolai Fomin
• Alan Williams as KGB Chairman Charkov
• David Dencik as Mikhail Gorbachev

Details

Created by

Craig Mazin

First aired

May 6, 2019

Episodes

5

Genres

Drama

Network

HBO

Status

Ended

TMDB score

8.7 / 10 from 8,358 votes