The Russian Woodpecker

2015

Action / Documentary / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 96% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 1556 1.6K

russia woodpecker nuclear catastrophe chernobyl chernobyl, ukraine

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Plot summary

As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.

Director

Chad Gracia Photo
Chad Gracia

Top cast

Vladimir Putin Photo
Vladimir Putin as President Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev Photo
Mikhail Gorbachev as Former President Russia
Andrei Alexandrovich Photo
Andrei Alexandrovich as Fedor's Father
Fedor Alexandrovich Photo
Fedor Alexandrovich as Self
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744.46 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 1
1.35 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

A survivor of the horrific Chernobyl disaster of

A survivor of the horrific Chernobyl disaster of 1986 tries to make sense of it all as a young adult and find if there is a reason why it happened. Is there a correlation between that disaster and the nearby transmitter known as "The Russian Woodpecker?" He comes to a chilling conclusion.
Reviewed by R T 2 / 10

I had the feeling that it wasn't made

I had the feeling that it wasn't made seriously and that it had some scenes which were not helpful to narrate the main story, but more focused on "sponsoring" the main character's artistic capabilities. Furthermore, in the theory presented by this movie, the Duga System was capable of doing things to the human brain, even if scientifically, this has no sense.
Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

I am in no way a conspiracy theorist

I am in no way a conspiracy theorist, but I am also in no way familiar with the very disturbing secrets which clearly lie within Russia and its former (and current) annexed nations. This film presents a very harsh, yet realistic possible explanation for why Chernobyl happened. Why a perfectly functioning nuclear plant which fed both the government and the people suddenly melted down catastrophically. Most people have since chalked it up as "just because", as if nuclear reactors sometimes just blow themselves up randomly. This film digs deep into that. Very deep. There's one part in which they interview a former scientist who worked at Chernobyl, and the details he reveals to them (after choosing to drink quite a lot) is chilling. Even more disturbing is knowing the risk he himself and the film crew put them all at by including that testimony. Confessions like that are very, very dangerous. Some may be put off by the filmmaker's unabashedly artistic montages of him in rather avant garde outfits and scenes, in between heart-stopping clips of him climbing the frightfully high towers that projected the Russian Woodpecker signal, and him attempting to wrangle information out of former Soviet officials. This creativity seeps through to make it more than just another cut-and-dry documentary. The filmmaker himself has a deep personal connection with Chernobyl, and expresses that anger in various artful ways. The film is a rollercoaster of ideas, suggestions, and suspicions, and leaves you wondering whether Chernobyl was simply an accident without explanation, or if there were powerful people who wanted it destroyed.
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