20 Days in Mariupol
A visceral, unflinching immersion into a besieged city, witnessing destruction and human suffering with raw immediacy and no comfort.
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Chernobyl
A suffocating, methodical plunge into catastrophe, where invisible danger and bureaucratic denial create unrelenting dread and profound sorrow.
About 2019 miniseries about the Chernobyl disaster
Genres historical drama
Created by Craig Mazin
Written by Craig Mazin
Starring Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Barry Keoghan, Paul Ritter, James Cosmo, Ralph Ineson
Music Hildur Guðnadóttir
Length 5 episodes
Network HBO, Sky Atlantic
Country United States, United Kingdom
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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