Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion
| Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
drama thriller mystery horror |
| Created by |
Vitaliy Shliappo Vasily Kutsenko Igor Tudvasev Dmitry Yan Pavel Danilov |
| Directed by | Anders Banke |
| Starring |
Konstantin Davidov Sergey Romanovich Valeria Dmitrieva Kristina Kazinskaya Anvar Halilulaev |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Alexander Dulerain Valeriy Feodorovich Evgeniy Nikishov |
| Running time | 44-50 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | CineLab Production |
| Release | |
| Original network |
 TNT |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Original release | October 13th, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion (Russian: Чернобыль: Зона отчуждения, translit. Chernobyl': Zona otchuzhdeniya) is a Russian mystery, thriller, drama TV series that focuses on five friends going to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to return stolen money. There they come across the dangers and mysteries of the Zone. This is the first feature film, which was partly filmed in Pripyat.
Series overview
A man posing as an internet provider steals 8,000,000 rubles (c. 300,000 USD) from a teem named Pasha and now Pasha along with his friends go after him. Soon they find out that the thief is heading towards the ghost town of Pripyat. Now Pasha and the group must go to the dangerous place in order to get the money back. Along the way they bring a mysterious girl who was originally from Pripyat.
Cast
- Konstantin Davidov as Pasha - an 18-year-old boy from Moscow who was robbed and now heads to Pripyat with his friends to return the money.
- Sergey Romanovich as Lyoha - Pasha's best friend who often bullies Gosha and often jokes at an inappropriate moment. He is Nastia's boyfriend.
- Valeria Dmitrieva as Nastia - Lyoha's girlfriend who is often annoyed by her boyfriend's inappropriate jokes.
- Anvar Halilulaev as Gosha - a clever but yet frightened teenager. He and his group took his grandfather's car to get to Pripyat.
- Kristina Kazinskaya as Anya - a girl who joins the group to go to Chernobyl so as to find out what happened to her sister. She was originally from Chernobyl.
Reception and ratings
The series was a big success. The viewership among audiences between 14 and 44 years was 28,4 % in Russia. The audiences between 18 and 30 the series took up 34,9 % of viewership. The ratings overtook those of the fourth season premier of Kitchen.
On the first week of uploading the series to the Russian site Rutube, it gained more than 6 million views, a new record. Critical reception was also very positive. The series holds a rating of a 7.2 on KinoPoisk and an 8.4 on Imdb. The magazine "Hello" ranked it as one of the 12 best Russian TV series from fall 2014.