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Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape

Name: Chernobyl: 48 Hours To Escape
Director: Luke Wales
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2026-03-28
Duration: 68 min
Cast: Ralph Ineson

2026 · 1h 8m · Documentary, History, TV Movie

If you're drawn to gripping historical documentaries that put you in the room with real witnesses and survivors, this is essential viewing—the Chernobyl disaster demands to be understood, and firsthand accounts plus rare archive footage make this a visceral experience that'll stick with you.

Plot

Witnesses, survivors and front-line heroes recall the first days of the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986. Featuring rare archive footage of the world's worst ever nuclear accident.

Director: Luke Wales

Cast: Ralph Ineson

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