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

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.

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