Information on the number of dead in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident in the TV series “Chernobyl” from HBO is highly distorted. This was stated by Deputy head of the IAEA Mikhail Chudakov. According to him, the accident killed several dozen people, not thousands as claimed by the makers of “Chernobyl”. The HBO project is not the first time criticised because of the inconsistency of reality. Earlier the experts called images of miners and “drunkenness” among the liquidators of the accident.
- © Still from the TV series “Chernobyl” (2019)
The death toll in the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is not consistent with the figure mentioned in the TV series of the HBO “Chernobyl”. This was stated by Deputy head of the International atomic energy Agency (IAEA) Mikhail Chudakov.
“In Chernobyl killed 28 people — operational staff and firefighters, several dozen controversial. And not the thousands that we see in Hollywood movie about Chernobyl”, — quotes Chudakova RIA Novosti.
Thus, according to the creators, the exact number of victims of a manmade disaster lead to possible: the spread is from four to 93 thousand.
The HBO project has been repeatedly criticized for distorting the facts, including the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident. So, the witnesses pointed out that in the series of false displayed the events of the first days after the accident, when the authorities cordoned off the Pripyat and did not carry out the evacuation of citizens.
“The people of Pripyat went on foot. No one was detained,” — said liquidator Eugene Shevchenko in an interview with TV channel “360”.
An invention called drunkenness among the liquidators, the conversations between the miners and the episode with the visit of the Minister of coal industry on mine in Tula region, accompanied by gunmen. The Chairman of the municipal Union “Chernobyl” Vladimir Naumov, who worked at Nikulinskaya mine in Tula region, noted that in the TV series “the whole truth, no.”
“Listen, well, what Tommy? Funny. These conversations: “Shut the fuck up” — a cowboy of some kind, so the miners do not say. Generally too much out there about the power of the KGB. I didn’t like it”, he added.
- © Still from the TV series “Chernobyl” (2019)
Despite these inaccuracies, some participants of liquidation of the accident noted that “Chernobyl” deserves audience attention. So, according to the Chairman of the Union “Chernobyl” in the southern Federal district Alexander Filipenko, the series is reliably reflected “everyday moments.”
“In the film talk about the characters. They say that we saved not only the Soviet Union but the whole world. This film should be shown to the whole world”, — quotes its words of RIA Novosti.
The producer of “Chernobyl” Craig Mazin of claims that did not claim absolute precision: to accommodate events long two years in the five-hour series, it was necessary to depart from real history. Mazin explained that naked miners learned from the book Svetlana Aleksievich “the Chernobyl prayer”. However, the producer thinks that some have exaggerated the extent of the second explosion, which could happen if the reactor fuel was in a tank of water.
Countrymen and witnesses
In a short time on the Russian television there will be two project dedicated to the Chernobyl disaster.
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So, in 2018, the NTV channel announced the beginning of filming of the series under the same name — “Chernobyl”. It it was directed by Alexei Muradov, who earlier headed the projects “Vlasic. Shadow of Stalin” and “Tula Tokarev”.
Starring Igor Petrenko and Nadezhda Mikhalkova. The shooting took place in Belarus.
In the story, the KGB learns that the CIA is interested in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In Pripyat arrives agent albert Lenz. On his quest to the station is sent to Soviet counterintelligence Andrey Nikolaev.
The idea of making a show about Chernobyl, according to Muradova, appeared in 2013. The release is scheduled for the current year, but the exact premiere date is still unknown. In late July, the network appeared the trailer for the film, however, Muradov said that he had not been warned about the publication, and neither the series nor the trailer is not ready yet.
British actor Jared Harris (who plays Valery Legasov in the tape HBO) in an interview with RT commented on the plans to create in Russia a series about the Chernobyl accident.
“The situation is a little strange. I can not understand why Russia was offended by the show, it’s all the same as if the current government of South Africa was offended because of the statements related to the leadership of the country during apartheid. In modern Russia the power of the democratic, that is, with the Soviet Union, it connects nothing,” said Harris in an interview with RT.
However, the President of the Union “Chernobyl” liquidator Vyacheslav Grishin noted that familiar with the Russian series and considers the project to be more plausible than series predecessor, because the filmmakers of domestic production used reliable sources.
Last week finished shooting another project about the events of 1986 — “on the way down the storks”. Oversees the film producer Alexander Rodnyansky. In the Director’s chair and starring Danila Kozlovsky.
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I, as always, late, but still.. a Few days ago we finished shooting the film about the Chernobyl disaster under the working title “on the way down the storks”. It was one of the most special and at the same time difficult and painful periods in life. There is still a lot to do and like it’s not even half past, but at the moment it is not important. As if you will stop and look back. I now feel enormous gratitude and love to people who have done everything possible to we realized what they wanted. These are my partners, producers Alexander Rodnyansky and Sergey Melkumov-need special courage of imagination and daring production to come up with a movie about this event in our not the most simple for this theme time. And consistently, at every stage, to implement it. Even before the release of the famous series. This INCREDIBLE crew! Now I made exactly understand what this team obsessed romantics/professionals can solve any artistic and production tasks for six months was not afraid to spend their heart and soul to create life in the frame. ARTISTS. I really hope I have another opportunity in a public space to talk about You for a long time and in detail. I’m really stunned by Your talent and dedication to our film. And many many who still want to say thank you. You are truly the best team in the world! Thank You, that time is now with me. I love You all very much!
Also in the film starred Oksana Akinshina, ravshana Kurkova, Philip Avdeev and others.
Shooting started on may 18 and lasted less than three months. They were held at the Kursk nuclear power plant in Kurchatov, as well as in Moscow and Budapest. In the center of the story — prevention of second disaster, which could occur two weeks after the accident. The premiere is scheduled for October 8, 2020.