1 00:01:45,209 --> 00:01:49,084 ON APRIL 26, 1986, REACTOR NO. 4 OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT 2 00:01:49,167 --> 00:01:51,417 SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSION, 3 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:56,125 CAUSING ONE OF THE LARGEST MAN-MADE DISASTERS IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. 4 00:01:56,209 --> 00:02:02,042 THIS FILM IS INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS. 5 00:02:02,167 --> 00:02:08,875 THE FILM'S CHARACTERS AND THEIR LIFE STORIES ARE FICTIONAL. 6 00:02:33,875 --> 00:02:35,709 -Thank you. -I'll get you the change. 7 00:02:35,792 --> 00:02:37,209 -No, keep it. -Thank you. 8 00:02:38,709 --> 00:02:40,792 -Come with me. -I'm busy. 9 00:02:40,875 --> 00:02:44,292 -Some firemen came in. Pick one. -This is not a dating agency. 10 00:02:44,375 --> 00:02:45,709 You need a man. 11 00:02:45,792 --> 00:02:48,209 -No, I don't. -You do, more than anyone. 12 00:02:58,209 --> 00:02:59,459 There they are. 13 00:03:06,167 --> 00:03:07,375 I have to go home. 14 00:03:07,459 --> 00:03:09,959 But there's a huge line of customers waiting outside. 15 00:03:15,042 --> 00:03:18,417 -I'm sorry, I have to go. -Girls, are you on strike or something? 16 00:03:19,292 --> 00:03:20,292 Come on in. 17 00:03:20,875 --> 00:03:22,292 -Where do I sit? -Over there. 18 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:45,500 Hello, Alex. 19 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Hello, Olga. 20 00:03:49,042 --> 00:03:50,667 Have you two met before? 21 00:03:54,709 --> 00:03:55,709 More than ten years ago. 22 00:03:58,917 --> 00:04:01,000 Just don't cut both my ears off, okay? 23 00:04:02,125 --> 00:04:02,959 One will do. 24 00:04:11,959 --> 00:04:13,584 I thought you were in Kiev. 25 00:04:15,292 --> 00:04:17,125 And I thought you were in Kiev, too. 26 00:04:19,917 --> 00:04:22,459 -You haven't changed. -Liar. 27 00:04:51,084 --> 00:04:52,084 ENTRANCE 28 00:04:55,584 --> 00:04:56,417 Olga… 29 00:04:57,959 --> 00:04:59,917 Come ride with me, for old times' sake. 30 00:05:01,375 --> 00:05:02,709 Just like that? 31 00:05:02,792 --> 00:05:05,667 I could send a formal request, but it might take until winter. 32 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:10,250 -Come back in three weeks for a trim. -Olga, the bus is coming. 33 00:05:32,459 --> 00:05:34,167 Move over, granny. 34 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,292 Dressed up like dollar prostitutes. 35 00:05:39,375 --> 00:05:41,209 That's exactly what we are. 36 00:05:42,292 --> 00:05:43,375 Jesus. 37 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:57,084 Close your legs, you're not at work. 38 00:06:13,209 --> 00:06:17,125 What's your problem? Most women would kill for a man like that. 39 00:06:23,625 --> 00:06:25,084 Open the door! 40 00:06:28,334 --> 00:06:30,250 Sorry about that, everyone. 41 00:06:31,292 --> 00:06:32,542 Olga. 42 00:06:33,750 --> 00:06:36,792 Come with me or these passengers will be stuck here all day. 43 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:42,334 Miss, you're holding us up. 44 00:06:50,084 --> 00:06:52,084 -Bye, everyone. -Good riddance. 45 00:07:17,875 --> 00:07:19,334 Well, what do you want? 46 00:07:21,459 --> 00:07:22,542 Nothing. 47 00:07:34,209 --> 00:07:35,500 I want to hug you. 48 00:07:41,209 --> 00:07:42,125 Go on then. 49 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:14,125 Like a couple of pensioners. 50 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:16,500 Hi, Olga. 51 00:08:18,334 --> 00:08:19,292 Hi, Alex. 52 00:08:26,209 --> 00:08:28,500 Come on, where do you want to go? 53 00:08:29,334 --> 00:08:32,334 You pulled me off the bus, so let's hear your suggestions. 54 00:08:33,500 --> 00:08:36,834 Let's go to a restaurant? Or how about we head into Kiev? 55 00:08:39,125 --> 00:08:43,084 Remember when we had no money, we shared one ice cream between us? 56 00:08:44,667 --> 00:08:48,334 -Got it. We need an ice cream. -Two ice creams. 57 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,084 Excuse me, I'm in a terrible rush. 58 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:02,292 -How many? -Two. Nice hair, by the way. 59 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:04,542 ICE CREAM 60 00:09:04,625 --> 00:09:06,334 -Here you are. -Thank you. 61 00:09:11,292 --> 00:09:13,125 Let's go for a ride on the Ferris wheel? 62 00:09:13,209 --> 00:09:15,209 It won't be open until May Day. 63 00:09:15,292 --> 00:09:19,167 My buddies from the local fire station did the safety inspection on it. 64 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:22,167 We can get a private test ride. 65 00:09:22,959 --> 00:09:26,167 -You're just as crazy as when you were 20. -Who, me? Not at all. 66 00:10:17,959 --> 00:10:19,750 This is far enough. Stop here. 67 00:10:24,709 --> 00:10:26,167 Thanks for the ride. 68 00:10:47,292 --> 00:10:49,042 It was a nice evening, thank you. 69 00:10:49,917 --> 00:10:51,667 What about the cake we bought? 70 00:10:53,959 --> 00:10:55,834 Pulling out your nuclear weapon? 71 00:10:56,375 --> 00:10:58,209 Atomic power to the masses. 72 00:11:00,250 --> 00:11:01,334 I'll pass. 73 00:11:11,042 --> 00:11:13,500 Olga! Wait. 74 00:11:14,667 --> 00:11:16,125 Alex, some other time, okay? 75 00:11:18,084 --> 00:11:19,792 Greetings, fellas! What's the occasion? 76 00:11:20,709 --> 00:11:22,667 Celebrating Soviet technical prowess. 77 00:11:23,584 --> 00:11:25,667 You got a husband in there or something? 78 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:27,125 No, why? 79 00:11:31,667 --> 00:11:33,250 I promise, no funny business. 80 00:11:33,334 --> 00:11:35,250 I just don't want to say goodbye yet. 81 00:11:37,375 --> 00:11:39,417 I haven't had such a good time in ages. 82 00:11:40,667 --> 00:11:43,292 But you have a different life now, and so do I. 83 00:11:44,167 --> 00:11:46,625 We can see each other at the hair salon sometimes. 84 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,875 Olga, my hair grows too slowly. 85 00:11:50,667 --> 00:11:51,500 Bye. 86 00:12:05,750 --> 00:12:07,917 I'm home. How's it going? 87 00:12:09,542 --> 00:12:10,834 I don't like this school. 88 00:12:11,792 --> 00:12:13,375 You'll make friends soon. 89 00:12:13,459 --> 00:12:15,542 They're all scientists' kids, 90 00:12:15,625 --> 00:12:16,709 little smartasses. 91 00:12:17,709 --> 00:12:20,625 Olga? 92 00:12:21,459 --> 00:12:23,750 Olga, I forgot to give you the cake. 93 00:12:24,834 --> 00:12:26,667 -Olga? -Stop shouting and go away. 94 00:12:26,750 --> 00:12:29,084 If you're ashamed of your apartment, I live in a dorm. 95 00:12:29,167 --> 00:12:30,084 Go away. 96 00:12:37,959 --> 00:12:39,292 This is my son, Alex. 97 00:12:39,375 --> 00:12:40,542 Alex, this is uncle Alexey. 98 00:12:40,625 --> 00:12:42,125 Please be acquainted. 99 00:12:43,375 --> 00:12:44,459 Come in. 100 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,250 Are you sure this is a good time? 101 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:49,292 Come in. 102 00:12:53,417 --> 00:12:55,334 -Howdy, namesake. -Hello. 103 00:12:57,875 --> 00:13:00,334 You two boys chat here while I go and change. 104 00:13:04,209 --> 00:13:05,084 Who are you? 105 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:12,209 Who am I? I'm… a sun keeper. 106 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:13,459 How's that? 107 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:14,875 Well, for 200,000 years, 108 00:13:14,959 --> 00:13:17,084 people ran around naked with sticks and stones, 109 00:13:17,167 --> 00:13:19,417 and then we built our own sun, and I look after it. 110 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:22,250 I see. Everyone here works at the reactor. 111 00:13:22,334 --> 00:13:24,709 But only the best work in the fire service. 112 00:13:26,584 --> 00:13:29,917 -But that's not working at the reactor. -Ever heard of fire inspections? 113 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,084 I've been over every inch of all four reactors, 114 00:13:32,167 --> 00:13:33,959 and fixed lots of problems. 115 00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:39,584 -What do you have in here? -Photos of our neighbors. 116 00:13:41,334 --> 00:13:43,500 These ones I know. 117 00:13:44,250 --> 00:13:46,042 But who's this? Is he from Kazakhstan? 118 00:13:46,917 --> 00:13:48,959 That's Jackie Chan, he's from Hong Kong. 119 00:13:49,042 --> 00:13:50,709 He's even tougher than Bruce Lee. 120 00:13:52,375 --> 00:13:55,792 -You're into filmmaking? -This camera isn't good for that. 121 00:13:55,875 --> 00:13:57,459 It was my grandpa's. 122 00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:03,792 You boys got to know each other? 123 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:09,542 Can I have a word with you? 124 00:14:19,542 --> 00:14:20,542 How old is he? 125 00:14:21,209 --> 00:14:22,042 He's ten. 126 00:14:24,334 --> 00:14:25,500 Whose is he? 127 00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:28,500 He's mine. 128 00:14:58,709 --> 00:15:00,042 Why didn't you tell me? 129 00:15:04,209 --> 00:15:06,625 How could I tell you if I didn't even know where you were? 130 00:15:14,625 --> 00:15:17,334 -How's the cake? -It conforms to state standards. 131 00:15:19,292 --> 00:15:20,792 I'll have a slice, too, then. 132 00:15:36,209 --> 00:15:37,625 Should we tell him? 133 00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:42,417 No need to tell him anything. 134 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:43,542 Eat your cake. 135 00:16:10,709 --> 00:16:11,750 Right. 136 00:16:12,792 --> 00:16:14,792 What date is tomorrow? The 12th? I have a day off. 137 00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:16,750 We're all going to Kiev for the day. 138 00:16:16,834 --> 00:16:19,334 I'll be here at 9:00 a.m., and I'm bringing presents. 139 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,334 And then we'll have dinner all together at home. 140 00:16:24,542 --> 00:16:25,834 All right? 141 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,292 -Bye. -I'm working tomorrow. 142 00:16:33,334 --> 00:16:34,875 Can't you get a day off? 143 00:16:38,875 --> 00:16:40,792 I guess I can switch with Marina. 144 00:16:41,375 --> 00:16:42,417 With Marina… 145 00:16:43,750 --> 00:16:45,834 Perfect. It's a date then. 146 00:16:48,125 --> 00:16:49,584 See you at 9:00 a.m. Sharp. 147 00:16:50,459 --> 00:16:51,917 I'll see myself out. 148 00:16:52,542 --> 00:16:53,417 Bye, Alex. 149 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,417 TWO WEEKS LATER 150 00:17:26,292 --> 00:17:28,250 What can I say, my dear friends. 151 00:17:31,667 --> 00:17:34,084 It is with a heavy heart that I leave you. 152 00:17:34,167 --> 00:17:35,542 I gave you everything I have. 153 00:17:37,084 --> 00:17:42,959 My youth, wisdom, health, beauty, and my hope for a better future. 154 00:17:44,125 --> 00:17:46,167 -Attention! -As you were. 155 00:17:46,250 --> 00:17:47,542 You still owe me ten rubles. 156 00:17:47,625 --> 00:17:49,834 A materialist like you can't be trusted with money. 157 00:17:49,917 --> 00:17:52,959 I'd give it back, but you'll spend it on a soldering iron. 158 00:17:57,209 --> 00:17:58,792 What will you do without me? 159 00:17:59,375 --> 00:18:01,459 We'll finally put things in order. 160 00:18:01,542 --> 00:18:04,875 We know the drill, Comrade Colonel. First breakfast, then lunch, then dinner. 161 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:08,584 It's a solid foundation for everything else, 162 00:18:08,667 --> 00:18:10,084 unlike your flimsy structure. 163 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:16,125 Well, guys, keep your hoses dry. 164 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:27,084 Go ahead, I'm ready. 165 00:18:41,125 --> 00:18:42,625 Do it! 166 00:18:56,459 --> 00:18:57,625 Alex! 167 00:19:01,584 --> 00:19:03,292 Come here, you! 168 00:19:35,584 --> 00:19:37,500 You have no respect for your elders. 169 00:19:39,459 --> 00:19:40,584 Is this Valery? 170 00:19:40,667 --> 00:19:43,042 Yep, my baby brother. 171 00:19:43,125 --> 00:19:45,917 -He's got a PhD, works at the reactor. -Sergey, cut it out. 172 00:19:47,959 --> 00:19:49,209 Nice to meet you, Alexey. 173 00:19:49,834 --> 00:19:50,959 Likewise. 174 00:19:55,167 --> 00:19:56,292 Here it is. 175 00:19:57,917 --> 00:20:00,709 -Where's the box? -What box? It's second-hand. 176 00:20:01,584 --> 00:20:03,917 You always need to keep hold of the packaging. 177 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,084 Let's see. 178 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,417 Here, 500. 179 00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:11,667 -Count it. -I'll take your word for it. 180 00:20:13,042 --> 00:20:15,250 Here's the camera. In a box, as it should be. 181 00:20:16,042 --> 00:20:18,542 -I gave it a good cleaning. -Much appreciated. 182 00:20:18,625 --> 00:20:20,667 And here's the manual. 183 00:20:24,875 --> 00:20:27,959 -Here's a bag. -Handy. 184 00:20:31,125 --> 00:20:34,625 You're a good firefighter. You should've stayed on. 185 00:20:34,709 --> 00:20:37,917 I'm just fed up wandering around corridors checking stuff. 186 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,834 That's part of the job. What do you want? 187 00:20:39,917 --> 00:20:41,792 I want to see Alla Pugacheva in concert. 188 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:46,834 -She'll come here one day. -So sit here and wait for her then. 189 00:20:46,917 --> 00:20:49,334 Valery, come and join us in the dormitory later. 190 00:20:49,417 --> 00:20:52,375 I'm having a farewell party. It'll be fun. See you then. 191 00:20:53,917 --> 00:20:55,584 See you later, Sergey. 192 00:21:04,625 --> 00:21:06,417 Are you coming or not? 193 00:21:28,167 --> 00:21:31,375 -But this is not Chanel. -I'm not the Czechoslovakian ambassador. 194 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:41,875 Bring it back in 24 hours. 195 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:45,125 -But you said two days. -And you said Chanel. 196 00:21:47,084 --> 00:21:48,209 You're breaking my heart. 197 00:21:56,417 --> 00:21:59,167 THE PARTY PLANS, WE MAKE IT HAPPEN 198 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:05,459 WALL OF HONOR 199 00:22:26,042 --> 00:22:32,042 CHERNOBYL NPP 200 00:23:24,709 --> 00:23:26,834 Alex! 201 00:23:33,125 --> 00:23:35,209 -Hey. -Hi. 202 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,667 I brought you a present. Here. 203 00:23:40,750 --> 00:23:43,459 -What is it? -A proper film camera. 204 00:23:44,584 --> 00:23:46,500 -No way. Really? -Yes way, silly. 205 00:23:47,334 --> 00:23:48,584 It's a Lomo. 206 00:23:49,334 --> 00:23:52,042 -How did you get it? -With a bit of perseverance. 207 00:23:52,667 --> 00:23:53,584 Wow. 208 00:23:54,792 --> 00:23:55,750 Thank you. 209 00:23:56,792 --> 00:23:58,375 Mom and I were waiting for you. 210 00:24:00,917 --> 00:24:03,750 Sorry. I got caught up with work. 211 00:24:06,959 --> 00:24:07,917 And here's the manual. 212 00:24:09,667 --> 00:24:10,792 Here. 213 00:24:13,209 --> 00:24:14,667 What should I tell Mom? 214 00:24:21,292 --> 00:24:23,417 Just tell her that Father Christmas came early. 215 00:24:33,292 --> 00:24:34,584 See you later. 216 00:25:09,084 --> 00:25:10,750 I remember fire at the third reactor. 217 00:25:10,834 --> 00:25:14,000 We were all sweating like pigs, could hardly keep hold of our hoses. 218 00:25:14,084 --> 00:25:17,584 Well, Alex stripped down to his briefs, put his sunglasses on, 219 00:25:17,667 --> 00:25:20,375 and started wetting the dry wall with buckets of water. 220 00:25:20,459 --> 00:25:21,459 A rainbow above him. 221 00:25:22,875 --> 00:25:26,709 All for Elena from HR, who was watching him from her window. 222 00:25:27,834 --> 00:25:29,292 You're making stuff up. 223 00:25:29,375 --> 00:25:32,000 The whole brigade got a bonus, and Alex was demoted to captain. 224 00:25:35,375 --> 00:25:37,167 Alex, I envy you, in a good way. 225 00:25:39,250 --> 00:25:41,792 I envy your freedom and your willful heart. 226 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,459 You're fearless, you do as you please, and you answer to nobody. 227 00:25:48,167 --> 00:25:50,500 Well, keep your hose dry, buddy. 228 00:25:51,292 --> 00:25:52,709 -Hurrah! -Hurrah! 229 00:25:54,250 --> 00:25:55,584 Thanks, Sergey. 230 00:26:07,542 --> 00:26:09,542 -Slow down, Alex. -I'll be fine. 231 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:18,917 Was that a made-up story? 232 00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,334 I'll be right back. 233 00:26:39,667 --> 00:26:42,084 -Why aren't you eating? -I'll eat later. 234 00:26:45,084 --> 00:26:47,959 -Stop filming me. -Stop stopping me. 235 00:26:51,459 --> 00:26:53,042 You'll have to give the camera back. 236 00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:54,750 But, Mom, it's a gift. 237 00:26:57,709 --> 00:26:58,875 I'll get it. 238 00:27:02,334 --> 00:27:03,667 It's Father Christmas! 239 00:27:04,542 --> 00:27:07,084 Alex! What's up? 240 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:14,250 Damn it, Alex, look at you! 241 00:27:14,334 --> 00:27:17,000 What a little man? Just look at you. 242 00:27:17,084 --> 00:27:18,917 I just can't… 243 00:27:19,917 --> 00:27:20,792 Are you drunk? 244 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:24,459 I'm drunk with love. 245 00:27:26,834 --> 00:27:28,125 Go play outside. 246 00:27:32,542 --> 00:27:35,459 Mom, can Uncle Alexey stay for dinner? 247 00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:37,959 That's none of your business. Go outside. 248 00:27:39,334 --> 00:27:40,334 Not fair. 249 00:27:46,709 --> 00:27:48,584 May I come in? 250 00:27:51,500 --> 00:27:53,334 Fried potatoes! 251 00:28:22,917 --> 00:28:24,125 Olga, please, I'm sorry. 252 00:28:25,834 --> 00:28:28,667 I got very sick, so sick… 253 00:28:30,459 --> 00:28:32,167 I was at death's door. 254 00:28:33,375 --> 00:28:35,084 Did some nurse save you? 255 00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:45,292 I'm moving to Kiev. 256 00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:48,042 I can't take it here anymore. 257 00:28:48,125 --> 00:28:50,917 I'm a top expert, and I have nothing to do here. 258 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,334 -Come with me. -Stop it. 259 00:28:53,334 --> 00:28:54,250 Olga… 260 00:28:55,417 --> 00:28:56,542 come with me. 261 00:28:58,459 --> 00:29:02,000 I'll buy Alex a water pistol, and we'll put fires out together. 262 00:29:03,834 --> 00:29:06,334 We were waiting for you that day. I made dinner. 263 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:12,792 I lied to my colleagues. 264 00:29:14,334 --> 00:29:16,000 I said I don't want to work here, 265 00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:18,459 that I want to leave. 266 00:29:18,542 --> 00:29:19,625 But the truth is… 267 00:29:21,167 --> 00:29:22,250 I just want to be with you. 268 00:29:24,834 --> 00:29:27,000 I don't want to hear any of it. 269 00:29:27,084 --> 00:29:30,542 No. I made up my mind. Really. 270 00:29:32,875 --> 00:29:35,000 I want a family with you. 271 00:29:39,250 --> 00:29:40,959 It's not going to work between us. 272 00:29:41,875 --> 00:29:42,875 Go on your own. 273 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:45,959 Stop talking nonsense. 274 00:29:48,625 --> 00:29:49,875 Let's go together. 275 00:29:50,584 --> 00:29:54,167 We'll rent a place for a while, and then apply to get our own apartment. 276 00:29:55,667 --> 00:29:57,375 We're not going anywhere with you. 277 00:29:58,334 --> 00:29:59,459 Leave us alone. 278 00:30:01,542 --> 00:30:03,792 Are you telling me to abandon Alex? 279 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:07,709 We've been fine without you all this time. 280 00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:49,209 Listen, I'm really going to leave, 281 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:50,959 and that'll be it. 282 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:53,584 Forever. 283 00:30:56,792 --> 00:30:59,459 Just make sure this time you leave for good. 284 00:31:12,292 --> 00:31:13,125 Fine. 285 00:31:14,334 --> 00:31:15,834 Good luck with your life. 286 00:31:23,917 --> 00:31:29,500 Leave. 287 00:31:56,750 --> 00:31:59,542 This is the best spot! We can see everything from here! 288 00:32:10,917 --> 00:32:12,292 Let's get closer! 289 00:32:17,167 --> 00:32:18,792 Get the camera. 290 00:32:30,417 --> 00:32:32,917 It's too dark for your camera to record anything. 291 00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:47,709 Our folks will kill us when they find out we lied about going night fishing. 292 00:32:48,292 --> 00:32:49,584 How would they find out? 293 00:32:50,334 --> 00:32:51,625 We go every week. 294 00:32:54,167 --> 00:32:56,459 -How is it, Alex? -We need to get closer. 295 00:33:20,584 --> 00:33:22,042 Let's get out of here. 296 00:33:24,750 --> 00:33:25,750 Shoot. 297 00:33:49,834 --> 00:33:51,209 Wait for me! 298 00:33:58,917 --> 00:34:01,167 Wait for me! Damn it! 299 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,459 Wait for me! 300 00:34:11,084 --> 00:34:12,542 Wait! 301 00:34:39,375 --> 00:34:40,667 It's no use. 302 00:34:44,834 --> 00:34:48,125 -Why are you all up at 5:00 a.m.? -They took all our men away. 303 00:34:48,209 --> 00:34:51,000 -And where were you? Out boozing? -What happened? 304 00:34:51,084 --> 00:34:54,292 -There's a fire at the station. -And they disconnected the phones. 305 00:34:56,459 --> 00:34:59,750 Damn it. Just when I got a transfer out of here… 306 00:36:24,042 --> 00:36:26,375 Stop! 307 00:36:29,125 --> 00:36:31,709 Guys, I need a lift. I'm a fireman. 308 00:36:31,792 --> 00:36:33,084 Got a spare uniform for me? 309 00:36:45,250 --> 00:36:47,042 Hey, brother, is that the reactor? 310 00:36:47,667 --> 00:36:49,834 The pride and joy of the Soviet Union. 311 00:36:49,917 --> 00:36:52,917 Are you from around here? Do you know why the forest has gone brown? 312 00:37:48,042 --> 00:37:51,125 -Move it! -Go! 313 00:37:54,542 --> 00:37:56,584 Sir, I need to join my team! 314 00:37:56,667 --> 00:37:58,084 -Are you local? -Yes, sir. 315 00:37:58,167 --> 00:38:00,042 I think your guys are over on the other side. 316 00:38:00,125 --> 00:38:01,084 Come on! 317 00:38:03,084 --> 00:38:06,834 Get one more hose over there! Hurry! 318 00:38:16,625 --> 00:38:17,709 Tigran? 319 00:38:17,792 --> 00:38:19,750 Pour the water here! 320 00:38:19,834 --> 00:38:20,667 Tigran? 321 00:38:23,292 --> 00:38:24,709 Tigran? 322 00:38:24,792 --> 00:38:27,584 Tigran… where are our guys? 323 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:30,209 They're over there. 324 00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:34,584 We were here first. The fire's over there. 325 00:38:38,209 --> 00:38:40,000 More water! 326 00:38:40,959 --> 00:38:42,792 Why are you not with the others? 327 00:38:42,875 --> 00:38:45,959 They told me to go up on the roof. 328 00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:47,625 The light was something unreal. 329 00:38:47,709 --> 00:38:51,709 I looked right into it. It's unreal, like it's alive. 330 00:38:53,875 --> 00:38:55,209 You're not making any sense. 331 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:58,292 The reactor exploded. 332 00:39:01,834 --> 00:39:04,125 Are you crazy? How could it explode? 333 00:39:23,917 --> 00:39:25,459 Tigran. 334 00:39:28,959 --> 00:39:30,875 Hang on, buddy. 335 00:39:33,250 --> 00:39:36,459 Over here! Hurry! 336 00:39:39,875 --> 00:39:42,792 -We have a severe case! -Over here! 337 00:39:52,834 --> 00:39:54,709 Iodine thyroid block, now! 338 00:40:18,167 --> 00:40:21,250 -Careful. -And lift. 339 00:40:21,334 --> 00:40:23,167 Into the ambulance, quick! 340 00:40:38,167 --> 00:40:39,417 Yuri! 341 00:40:41,250 --> 00:40:42,292 Get down here! 342 00:41:06,292 --> 00:41:09,334 Hang on, buddy. 343 00:41:10,042 --> 00:41:11,084 Lie still. 344 00:41:14,292 --> 00:41:15,375 PRIPYAT 345 00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:21,167 Don't get up. Help's on its way. 346 00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:24,000 -Yuri, get down here! -Sergey! 347 00:41:24,834 --> 00:41:27,209 Alex, we've got to go up. 348 00:41:27,875 --> 00:41:29,875 Yuri's still on the roof. Let's go get him. 349 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:37,042 Hey, give me your breather. 350 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:00,375 Sergey, you okay? 351 00:42:02,167 --> 00:42:04,459 Up there, the bitumen's on fire. 352 00:42:10,250 --> 00:42:12,500 Stay here. I'll be back in a minute. 353 00:42:45,167 --> 00:42:47,875 Yuri! Where are you? Yuri! 354 00:42:58,584 --> 00:43:01,084 Yuri. Get up. 355 00:43:04,084 --> 00:43:05,542 My face is all burned, right? 356 00:43:10,334 --> 00:43:13,375 Get up. Come on, get up! 357 00:43:15,875 --> 00:43:21,209 I got you. Now let's get out of here. Come on. Let's go. 358 00:43:27,917 --> 00:43:29,375 Come on, get up. 359 00:43:52,250 --> 00:43:53,709 Come on. 360 00:43:53,792 --> 00:43:56,292 Sergey, you okay? 361 00:43:58,334 --> 00:44:00,834 I'm fine. 362 00:44:01,625 --> 00:44:02,542 You two go. 363 00:44:27,584 --> 00:44:30,084 Medic! Now! 364 00:44:51,625 --> 00:44:57,750 Sergey, I'm here. Come on, get up. 365 00:44:57,834 --> 00:45:01,250 Breathe, Sergey, breathe! 366 00:45:03,875 --> 00:45:06,125 Over here! Hurry! 367 00:45:10,334 --> 00:45:13,459 Boys, we have orders to extract all the severe cases! 368 00:45:13,542 --> 00:45:14,750 Who's been vomiting? 369 00:45:15,917 --> 00:45:18,542 We picked men up from the third entrance-- 370 00:45:18,625 --> 00:45:20,709 Load them in! You get in. 371 00:45:20,792 --> 00:45:23,500 Third entrance. Lots of them. 372 00:45:24,500 --> 00:45:26,875 I have to get them to hospital. 373 00:45:26,959 --> 00:45:29,209 Luda, hurry up. 374 00:45:29,292 --> 00:45:34,000 Luda, hurry up, I have to get them to hospital. There are more, a lot more. 375 00:45:34,709 --> 00:45:36,834 -Take me with you. -No, we're full! 376 00:45:36,917 --> 00:45:39,542 -They are my guys. -There's no room! 377 00:45:39,625 --> 00:45:41,917 Please take me with you. 378 00:45:42,500 --> 00:45:44,959 I have my orders, only severe cases. Let's go! 379 00:45:45,042 --> 00:45:47,375 -Need to get them to the hospital-- -Start the engine! 380 00:45:47,459 --> 00:45:49,250 Take me with you. 381 00:45:50,542 --> 00:45:51,959 Start the engine! 382 00:46:03,042 --> 00:46:04,917 -Can you drive? Let's go! -Yes. 383 00:46:08,084 --> 00:46:09,542 -But-- -Move over! 384 00:46:36,167 --> 00:46:37,334 He's not breathing. 385 00:46:39,584 --> 00:46:41,209 Keep going! Don't stop! 386 00:46:46,459 --> 00:46:47,917 Everything's completely swollen up. 387 00:46:52,792 --> 00:46:54,167 Hold his head straight. 388 00:47:08,667 --> 00:47:10,000 Keep it steady! 389 00:47:34,125 --> 00:47:35,500 How is he? 390 00:47:37,292 --> 00:47:38,459 He's breathing. 391 00:47:40,292 --> 00:47:42,334 Go. Go! 392 00:47:49,709 --> 00:47:51,125 Careful! 393 00:47:57,709 --> 00:47:58,959 Get up. 394 00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,625 Put him in ward three! 395 00:48:14,750 --> 00:48:16,584 -Where to? -Ward three is full. 396 00:48:24,667 --> 00:48:26,125 Don't just stand there. Move on. 397 00:48:36,542 --> 00:48:38,125 Kristina, get supplies ready. 398 00:48:38,209 --> 00:48:40,084 -Give this one a shot. -Take your clothes off. 399 00:48:43,250 --> 00:48:45,000 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 400 00:49:19,584 --> 00:49:21,375 Kristina, diazepam. 401 00:49:21,459 --> 00:49:24,334 -What's that? -A sedative to calm you down. 402 00:49:24,417 --> 00:49:27,125 -Put him in ward two. -It's full. 403 00:49:27,209 --> 00:49:28,917 -Ward four then. -No space there, either. 404 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,834 There's one now, Shinkarenko didn't make it. 405 00:49:31,834 --> 00:49:33,292 They just took him out. 406 00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:51,542 This way. 407 00:49:55,584 --> 00:49:56,834 Hurry up with the sheets. 408 00:49:58,334 --> 00:49:59,875 Go, I'll finish here. 409 00:50:00,750 --> 00:50:01,875 Lie down. 410 00:50:36,334 --> 00:50:39,625 Alexey, wake up. 411 00:50:42,875 --> 00:50:44,084 Alexey, wake up. 412 00:50:44,834 --> 00:50:45,834 Alexey? 413 00:50:46,584 --> 00:50:48,417 Get up. Are you Alexey Karpushin? 414 00:50:51,292 --> 00:50:52,125 Yes. 415 00:50:52,750 --> 00:50:54,125 How long was I asleep? 416 00:50:54,209 --> 00:50:56,167 Quite a while. They overdid it with the sedative. 417 00:51:00,500 --> 00:51:01,584 Do you feel nauseous? 418 00:51:04,334 --> 00:51:06,375 -I don't think so. -Are you feeling okay? 419 00:51:09,542 --> 00:51:10,375 Yes. 420 00:51:18,250 --> 00:51:20,084 Good. Very well then. 421 00:51:21,375 --> 00:51:24,125 Alexey, my name is Dina, I'm a radiologist from Kiev. 422 00:51:24,209 --> 00:51:26,917 We came here to see you. They'll bring you new clothes. 423 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,625 I'll wait in the corridor while you get dressed. 424 00:51:42,417 --> 00:51:44,042 -Nikolai? -Go away. 425 00:51:45,042 --> 00:51:45,959 Go away! 426 00:51:47,709 --> 00:51:50,125 Nikolai! 427 00:51:51,084 --> 00:51:52,375 Nikolai! 428 00:51:57,334 --> 00:52:00,167 -Go away, go home! -Please step away from the window. 429 00:52:00,917 --> 00:52:02,375 You could get us in trouble. 430 00:52:03,834 --> 00:52:05,834 Alexey Prihodko? 431 00:52:09,167 --> 00:52:11,250 -Why can't they come in? -You're contaminated. 432 00:52:11,334 --> 00:52:12,584 What are we contaminated with? 433 00:52:16,584 --> 00:52:19,000 Radiation. You all react differently to it. 434 00:52:19,084 --> 00:52:21,084 Some die after five minutes of exposure. 435 00:52:21,167 --> 00:52:23,250 Some are fine after five hours. 436 00:52:24,250 --> 00:52:26,000 You got lucky, you only got 14 rem. 437 00:52:34,209 --> 00:52:36,250 All the contaminated clothes go into the basement. 438 00:52:36,334 --> 00:52:39,959 All of you who just arrived, leave your clothes by the entrance! 439 00:52:41,584 --> 00:52:44,084 -Here's Karpushin. -Hold on a minute. 440 00:52:45,542 --> 00:52:46,917 Are you Alexey Karpushin? 441 00:52:47,625 --> 00:52:48,750 Yes, hello. 442 00:52:48,834 --> 00:52:51,750 -From the reactor fire service? -Chief of watch, sixth brigade. 443 00:52:51,834 --> 00:52:54,334 -Do you know the corridors below? -Like the back of my hand. 444 00:52:54,417 --> 00:52:55,917 Have you ever scuba dived? 445 00:52:56,500 --> 00:52:57,709 No, only snorkeled. 446 00:52:58,334 --> 00:53:01,000 I see. You're coming with us. 447 00:53:01,084 --> 00:53:03,542 Look, I left the service here and got a transfer to Kiev. 448 00:53:06,334 --> 00:53:10,292 You're coming with us, and we'll discuss your transfer later. 449 00:53:10,375 --> 00:53:12,542 Close the door and wait. I'll be with you shortly. 450 00:53:14,834 --> 00:53:16,209 Doctor, you can stay. 451 00:53:18,459 --> 00:53:19,584 Yes, hello? 452 00:53:52,209 --> 00:53:53,584 The kids are all outdoors. 453 00:54:14,250 --> 00:54:17,125 Comrade Stysin, we can start now. 454 00:54:17,209 --> 00:54:19,709 Hello, Comrade Karpushin. I'm Mikhail, this is Ivan. 455 00:54:19,792 --> 00:54:22,500 We're with a government commission responding to the incident. 456 00:54:22,584 --> 00:54:24,625 Hi, Valery. Any news about Sergey? 457 00:54:24,709 --> 00:54:26,792 They took him to Kiev, he's in bad shape. 458 00:54:29,042 --> 00:54:31,917 Comrades, I apologize for bringing you all here with no explanation. 459 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,292 I shall explain now. Ivan, please turn on the video. 460 00:54:48,250 --> 00:54:52,042 Between the third and fourth units is the crater left by the explosion. 461 00:54:52,125 --> 00:54:54,542 The reactor core is in a sub-critical condition. 462 00:54:54,625 --> 00:54:57,625 All these bright spots are clumps of burning reactor fuel. 463 00:54:58,292 --> 00:55:00,334 Temperatures could increase to the point 464 00:55:00,417 --> 00:55:03,667 where it melts through the floor of the reactor and the concrete below. 465 00:55:04,625 --> 00:55:08,875 The coolant water reservoirs are directly underneath the reactor. 466 00:55:09,750 --> 00:55:13,584 As you know, if enough fuel burns through and gets to the water, 467 00:55:13,667 --> 00:55:15,292 there will be a steam explosion… 468 00:55:15,875 --> 00:55:18,709 that will cause further ejection of radioactive material. 469 00:55:21,459 --> 00:55:23,584 If the core reaches the reservoirs, 470 00:55:23,667 --> 00:55:27,667 Kiev, Moscow… and the whole of Europe will be contaminated. 471 00:55:34,250 --> 00:55:36,417 So we must get the water out of there. 472 00:55:38,167 --> 00:55:40,084 Your departments have staff 473 00:55:40,167 --> 00:55:42,875 who are familiar with the corridors beneath the reactor. 474 00:55:42,959 --> 00:55:46,625 Comrade Kostenko, water management. Comrade Maksimov, electrical service. 475 00:55:46,709 --> 00:55:50,167 Valery Goncharuk, cooling systems, and Comrade Karpushin, fire service. 476 00:55:50,250 --> 00:55:52,750 Colonel Bobylin will be assisting with the operation. 477 00:55:58,292 --> 00:56:00,750 We need you to recommend staff from your departments 478 00:56:00,834 --> 00:56:04,459 who know the corridors under the reactor well enough to open the sluice gates. 479 00:56:05,750 --> 00:56:07,500 How do you intend to do that 480 00:56:07,584 --> 00:56:10,084 if the water management block is destroyed? 481 00:56:10,167 --> 00:56:12,167 The control panel is under rubble. 482 00:56:13,375 --> 00:56:15,459 We can go through the pipe conduit corridor 483 00:56:15,542 --> 00:56:17,667 and open the drainage valve manually. 484 00:56:27,459 --> 00:56:29,292 But it's all flooded with hot water. 485 00:56:30,875 --> 00:56:35,042 People will be working in diving gear, and get diving instruction beforehand. 486 00:56:36,459 --> 00:56:39,750 If the servo is flooded, it'll take half an hour to open the valve by hand. 487 00:56:39,834 --> 00:56:43,500 Two people working together can do it in under eight minutes, we were assured. 488 00:56:43,584 --> 00:56:48,500 You want us to volunteer our own people and send them to boil for eight minutes? 489 00:56:50,625 --> 00:56:53,250 The volunteers will be rewarded. 490 00:56:54,084 --> 00:56:58,417 We're also getting a plane ready to take them to Switzerland for treatment 491 00:56:58,542 --> 00:57:01,209 in a specialist radiation clinic. 492 00:57:01,292 --> 00:57:02,875 The most outstanding volunteers 493 00:57:02,959 --> 00:57:05,209 will be awarded private apartments in Moscow. 494 00:57:05,792 --> 00:57:08,917 The General Secretary will see to it personally. 495 00:57:09,875 --> 00:57:10,834 Isn't that enough? 496 00:57:50,417 --> 00:57:52,417 Well, if the servo motor isn't flooded, 497 00:57:52,500 --> 00:57:54,292 can we power it up directly? 498 00:57:58,417 --> 00:58:02,000 You'll need the nearest junction box, in case there are breaks in the cables. 499 00:58:02,792 --> 00:58:05,625 One closest to the motor is here. I don't know how to get to it. 500 00:58:05,709 --> 00:58:08,334 We only go down there once a year, with guides. 501 00:58:08,417 --> 00:58:10,084 Ivan, where's the map of the corridors? 502 00:58:14,917 --> 00:58:18,167 This is what we know about the radiation levels down there. 503 00:58:18,250 --> 00:58:21,584 The levels in the corridors on the western side 504 00:58:21,667 --> 00:58:23,959 are lower than in the conduit corridors, 505 00:58:24,542 --> 00:58:26,667 and there should be less water. 506 00:58:26,750 --> 00:58:29,084 There are too many unknowns. 507 00:58:29,167 --> 00:58:30,750 What if the servo is flooded? 508 00:58:30,834 --> 00:58:34,459 So, you'd rather send inexperienced divers to work in murky water? 509 00:58:35,375 --> 00:58:37,209 Can you guarantee that your plan will work? 510 00:58:39,834 --> 00:58:40,667 No. 511 00:58:40,750 --> 00:58:43,792 But everyone who stays down there long enough 512 00:58:44,500 --> 00:58:46,125 is guaranteed to be exposed. 513 00:58:46,209 --> 00:58:47,917 We won't stay long down there. 514 00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,959 The water temperature is 56C, bearable. 515 00:58:50,042 --> 00:58:52,667 And we only have 100 meters to go. 516 00:58:52,750 --> 00:58:54,292 Give us people who can show us 517 00:58:54,375 --> 00:58:56,834 what valves to turn, then they can go straight back out. 518 00:58:58,667 --> 00:59:00,709 It'd be safest to go via Level 7. 519 00:59:01,292 --> 00:59:04,084 By the time we're done wandering around this labyrinth, 520 00:59:04,167 --> 00:59:09,375 the water temperature will hit 70C, and no one will go swimming in that. 521 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:20,000 Comrade Stysin, can we go and see the pool now? 522 00:59:20,084 --> 00:59:23,042 Yes, of course. Let's go. 523 00:59:37,584 --> 00:59:39,000 Nikita, let's hear it. 524 00:59:39,084 --> 00:59:43,042 We stayed under for 12 minutes, but the temperature right now is only 51C. 525 00:59:43,125 --> 00:59:45,209 We'll now increase it to 56C. 526 00:59:45,292 --> 00:59:47,917 As you were. As you can see, we're preparing thoroughly. 527 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:52,042 But without your help, we won't know which valve to open. 528 00:59:52,125 --> 00:59:54,959 There are miles of pipes in murky water. 529 00:59:55,042 --> 00:59:56,584 We won't have a clue what to do. 530 00:59:56,667 --> 00:59:58,292 Have you ever dived in hot water before? 531 01:00:00,125 --> 01:00:02,167 We know about extreme temperatures. 532 01:00:02,250 --> 01:00:04,250 We're talking hot, dirty water in a confined space, 533 01:00:04,334 --> 01:00:05,709 not in a clean swimming pool. 534 01:00:05,792 --> 01:00:07,834 Engineers aren't trained for such conditions. 535 01:00:09,292 --> 01:00:11,834 We'll train them here… in the pool. 536 01:00:12,709 --> 01:00:15,084 You'll give your own guys hyperthermia right here, 537 01:00:15,167 --> 01:00:17,209 and none of them will even make it to the reactor. 538 01:00:20,292 --> 01:00:23,459 I can't order my people to do something like this. 539 01:00:23,542 --> 01:00:24,625 They're not soldiers. 540 01:00:25,375 --> 01:00:28,500 Comrades, this is not a question of can or can't. 541 01:00:29,917 --> 01:00:33,084 It is a question of do or die. 542 01:00:45,709 --> 01:00:48,959 I'm sorry, but my men don't know those corridors well enough. 543 01:00:49,042 --> 01:00:51,875 No electricity in the station, not enough people, like you said. 544 01:00:55,667 --> 01:00:59,334 I can't order my men to do this either. 545 01:01:01,709 --> 01:01:03,459 If you decide to go in at Level 7… 546 01:01:05,834 --> 01:01:06,917 I'll go myself. 547 01:01:09,292 --> 01:01:10,459 Me too. 548 01:01:18,125 --> 01:01:21,709 Boris… we'll go in at Level 7. 549 01:01:23,084 --> 01:01:25,375 We have no right to risk these people's lives. 550 01:01:33,167 --> 01:01:36,000 Do we have the right to risk the lives of people in Kiev 551 01:01:36,084 --> 01:01:38,584 who are getting ready for the May Day parade? 552 01:01:45,792 --> 01:01:46,792 Fine. 553 01:01:48,459 --> 01:01:52,417 Try going in… at Level 7. 554 01:02:06,334 --> 01:02:08,292 Do we have the support of the fire service? 555 01:02:10,084 --> 01:02:13,667 I don't work here as of yesterday. I don't have any authority to give orders. 556 01:02:14,750 --> 01:02:17,792 In any case, almost the entire local brigade is hospitalized. 557 01:02:20,500 --> 01:02:21,584 I won't go in there. 558 01:02:27,459 --> 01:02:33,459 Didn't you give an oath to protect your country with your own life? 559 01:02:42,584 --> 01:02:45,000 Fine, let's decide on the route. 560 01:03:09,625 --> 01:03:14,250 Attention, everyone. 561 01:03:14,334 --> 01:03:16,875 Dear comrades, 562 01:03:16,959 --> 01:03:21,625 the City Council of People's Deputies informs you that, 563 01:03:21,709 --> 01:03:24,209 due to an incident 564 01:03:24,292 --> 01:03:29,334 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 565 01:03:29,417 --> 01:03:32,542 there is an adverse radioactive situation 566 01:03:32,625 --> 01:03:35,625 in the town of Pripyat. 567 01:03:35,709 --> 01:03:39,459 Authorities and the military 568 01:03:39,542 --> 01:03:44,334 are taking all necessary measures. 569 01:03:45,084 --> 01:03:50,875 Nonetheless, in order to ensure safety of the townspeople, 570 01:03:50,959 --> 01:03:54,125 children being top priority, 571 01:03:54,209 --> 01:03:58,709 we need to temporarily evacuate civilians… 572 01:04:01,834 --> 01:04:04,417 Olga! 573 01:04:07,084 --> 01:04:08,500 -Olga! -Alex got very sick. 574 01:04:09,167 --> 01:04:10,875 -Hey there, Jackie Chan. -Hi. 575 01:04:13,042 --> 01:04:14,334 What's wrong with him? 576 01:04:14,417 --> 01:04:17,334 Same as with everyone. I don't know. We have to get out of here. 577 01:04:20,167 --> 01:04:21,500 Have the doctors seen him? 578 01:04:22,084 --> 01:04:25,417 No. The hospital is packed full of sick kids, all screaming and crying. 579 01:04:26,125 --> 01:04:27,792 There's talk of a wave of miscarriages. 580 01:04:27,875 --> 01:04:29,334 Miscarriages, understand? 581 01:04:29,875 --> 01:04:32,000 The police have cordoned off the hospital. 582 01:04:36,542 --> 01:04:38,750 Hey, how are you feeling? 583 01:04:39,709 --> 01:04:42,000 I saw the explosion and then a glow. 584 01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:44,292 Did anyone get killed? 585 01:04:44,375 --> 01:04:46,834 No, it was just an ordinary fire-- 586 01:04:46,917 --> 01:04:48,042 Are you my dad? 587 01:04:53,459 --> 01:04:55,084 No. Why do you ask? 588 01:05:07,459 --> 01:05:08,917 Did Mom tell you that? 589 01:05:09,667 --> 01:05:12,459 We'll talk about this later. We need to go now. 590 01:05:13,709 --> 01:05:14,875 Come on, get up. 591 01:05:14,959 --> 01:05:16,334 You're not a little kid. 592 01:05:16,417 --> 01:05:18,625 I'm not going anywhere. 593 01:05:18,709 --> 01:05:19,792 We have to go. 594 01:05:20,417 --> 01:05:21,542 Come on. 595 01:05:21,625 --> 01:05:23,417 We're never coming back here, right? 596 01:05:23,500 --> 01:05:25,500 Of course, we'll come back. 597 01:05:26,959 --> 01:05:29,334 You're lying! 598 01:05:29,417 --> 01:05:30,750 -Grab our bag. -I want my camera! 599 01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:36,125 I'm not going anywhere! I don't want to! 600 01:05:36,917 --> 01:05:38,084 I'm not going! 601 01:05:47,875 --> 01:05:48,834 Olga, let me help. 602 01:05:51,750 --> 01:05:53,250 No animals allowed. 603 01:05:53,334 --> 01:05:57,084 -You can't take animals with you. -But it's my dog! Dad, tell him! 604 01:05:58,042 --> 01:06:00,292 Sweetie, we'll come back for him later. 605 01:06:01,250 --> 01:06:03,459 -Give me the key. -Don't lock him inside. 606 01:06:03,542 --> 01:06:05,834 -We have a sick child. -The doctors are over there. 607 01:06:05,917 --> 01:06:07,042 Olga, follow me. 608 01:06:09,209 --> 01:06:10,542 Come. 609 01:06:14,750 --> 01:06:16,250 -Olga, over here. -Alex… 610 01:06:23,334 --> 01:06:25,375 Olga, there's an ambulance. 611 01:06:29,709 --> 01:06:31,917 Sorry, it's an emergency. 612 01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:34,459 -My child is sick, please help. -Let's see his throat. 613 01:06:36,459 --> 01:06:38,917 -Has he been vomiting? -He vomited yesterday. 614 01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:42,375 Everyone with radiation sickness must go to Hospital No. 6 in Kiev. 615 01:06:42,459 --> 01:06:44,459 He can't even stand. We need an ambulance. 616 01:06:44,542 --> 01:06:46,459 You'll have to discuss that in Kiev. 617 01:06:46,542 --> 01:06:48,167 He can hardly breathe! 618 01:06:48,250 --> 01:06:50,084 What's your name, please? 619 01:06:52,959 --> 01:06:54,917 Olga Savostina. My son is Alexey Savostin. 620 01:06:57,667 --> 01:06:59,334 -Can I talk to you? -Hands off me. 621 01:06:59,417 --> 01:07:00,500 Just for a second. 622 01:07:00,584 --> 01:07:02,875 Hands off me. Can't you see what's going on here? 623 01:07:02,959 --> 01:07:06,292 Everyone's leaving town on buses. I don't make decisions here. Name? 624 01:07:07,584 --> 01:07:08,417 Alexey Savostin. 625 01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:09,875 Savostin. 626 01:07:09,959 --> 01:07:10,917 Get on the bus. 627 01:07:11,542 --> 01:07:12,375 Let's go. 628 01:07:56,917 --> 01:07:59,459 Mom, I want out of the bus. 629 01:08:00,042 --> 01:08:01,667 Hang in there, sweetie. 630 01:08:02,459 --> 01:08:05,500 -Mom… -Everything will be fine. 631 01:08:12,334 --> 01:08:16,334 Oh, God, what's happening? 632 01:08:17,917 --> 01:08:22,459 We'll be in Kiev soon, we'll get help there. Don't worry. 633 01:08:22,542 --> 01:08:23,375 Stop it. 634 01:08:24,125 --> 01:08:25,584 Stop promising. 635 01:08:26,417 --> 01:08:27,500 Who's going to help us? 636 01:08:27,584 --> 01:08:29,667 They're transporting us like cattle. Stop lying! 637 01:08:31,667 --> 01:08:33,459 I'm not lying. I'm trying to help. 638 01:08:34,625 --> 01:08:38,084 -I owe you that much. -You don't owe us anything. Nothing! 639 01:08:38,167 --> 01:08:41,375 Mom, why are you yelling at him? 640 01:08:44,167 --> 01:08:46,959 I'm sorry. 641 01:08:50,209 --> 01:08:51,959 I just can't take it anymore. 642 01:09:18,250 --> 01:09:19,959 Take this, it's almost 300 rubles. 643 01:09:20,625 --> 01:09:22,625 I'll arrange the best treatment there is for Alex, 644 01:09:22,709 --> 01:09:24,334 but now I have to go back. 645 01:09:28,084 --> 01:09:30,792 Hang in there, buddy. You'll be good as new in no time. 646 01:10:46,542 --> 01:10:47,375 You in charge here? 647 01:10:47,459 --> 01:10:49,792 This man says he wants to volunteer, 648 01:10:49,875 --> 01:10:51,459 something about pumping water. 649 01:10:51,542 --> 01:10:54,250 -Alexey Karpushin, fire service. -I know you, I was at the meeting. 650 01:10:54,334 --> 01:10:55,292 I want to volunteer. 651 01:10:57,667 --> 01:10:59,084 Oleg, talk to Frolov for me. 652 01:11:01,250 --> 01:11:03,334 Thanks, Captain, we'll take it from here. 653 01:11:03,417 --> 01:11:06,750 You just missed them, they went off to the third reactor to check the route. 654 01:11:06,834 --> 01:11:09,250 You can go with the second group 655 01:11:09,334 --> 01:11:11,167 if the first group fails. 656 01:11:11,250 --> 01:11:12,834 How can I join the first group? 657 01:11:13,500 --> 01:11:16,792 -Comrade Stysin calls shots here. -I know the corridors better than anyone. 658 01:11:16,875 --> 01:11:20,000 All right. Wait for them here. They'll be back in a couple of hours. 659 01:11:20,084 --> 01:11:21,417 Can I join them there now? 660 01:11:22,167 --> 01:11:23,542 They'll be back soon. 661 01:11:25,584 --> 01:11:28,084 -Show me the route they decided on. -On the board. 662 01:11:28,167 --> 01:11:29,375 -This one? -Yes. 663 01:11:29,459 --> 01:11:32,959 I can't understand these blueprints. Do you have a fire evacuation diagram? 664 01:11:34,084 --> 01:11:35,250 To the left. 665 01:11:42,709 --> 01:11:44,375 -Like that, through Level 7? -Yes. 666 01:11:46,792 --> 01:11:50,209 We can cut through here, it's closer. 667 01:11:52,084 --> 01:11:55,125 -Cut through reinforced concrete? -There used to be a flight of stairs. 668 01:11:55,209 --> 01:11:58,042 They took it out and covered the hole with a metal sheet. 669 01:11:58,125 --> 01:11:59,000 Where? 670 01:12:00,500 --> 01:12:01,959 -Here? -Yes. 671 01:12:02,042 --> 01:12:03,375 Why didn't they mention it? 672 01:12:03,459 --> 01:12:06,375 They've been here since the launch, but I saw the plant being built. 673 01:12:06,459 --> 01:12:08,709 Take me there, I'll show you the shortest way. 674 01:12:09,959 --> 01:12:12,500 Marchenko… get us a helicopter. 675 01:13:30,834 --> 01:13:33,125 Comrade Stysin, there's a shorter route. 676 01:13:33,209 --> 01:13:34,042 Show us. 677 01:13:34,125 --> 01:13:35,542 -Hi, Valery. -Hi. 678 01:13:42,542 --> 01:13:43,375 Here it is. 679 01:13:44,042 --> 01:13:47,209 We can cut through it and shorten the route. 680 01:13:50,542 --> 01:13:53,750 I did the calculations already, this route is 150 meters shorter. 681 01:13:54,709 --> 01:13:56,417 Why isn't this in the blueprints? 682 01:13:56,500 --> 01:13:58,417 The blueprints are verified, but in reality, 683 01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:00,584 a lot of things were built differently 684 01:14:00,667 --> 01:14:01,959 to meet deadlines. 685 01:14:02,834 --> 01:14:04,167 Good news for us, though. 686 01:14:04,250 --> 01:14:07,375 Comrade Stysin, we won't be taking the fireman with us. 687 01:14:07,459 --> 01:14:12,375 We appreciate the tour, but down there in the dark, we'll need reliable people. 688 01:14:20,125 --> 01:14:21,792 You'll come with the first group. 689 01:14:25,209 --> 01:14:28,417 -Are you doing this for the reward? -What are you doing this for? 690 01:14:30,709 --> 01:14:32,292 I'm doing my duty. 691 01:14:41,167 --> 01:14:44,250 Are you Olga Savostina? You have a phone call from Pripyat. 692 01:15:01,709 --> 01:15:02,750 -Hello? -Olga… 693 01:15:03,459 --> 01:15:05,875 I found you at last. How are things? 694 01:15:05,959 --> 01:15:09,584 I don't know. They took Alex away. They're not telling me how he is. 695 01:15:09,667 --> 01:15:10,584 He'll be fine. 696 01:15:10,667 --> 01:15:13,209 I'm making arrangements for the best treatment for him, 697 01:15:13,292 --> 01:15:15,584 and then we'll all go live by the sea. 698 01:15:17,209 --> 01:15:19,709 -Olga? -I can't talk to you anymore. 699 01:15:19,792 --> 01:15:22,500 -Olga? Hello? -I'm sorry, I just can't. 700 01:15:22,584 --> 01:15:23,959 Olga, hello? 701 01:15:35,834 --> 01:15:38,750 -Comrade Stysin, I have a favor to ask. -Go ahead. 702 01:15:40,167 --> 01:15:41,792 My son was exposed to radiation. 703 01:15:42,417 --> 01:15:44,542 Can he go to Switzerland, too? 704 01:15:47,625 --> 01:15:48,625 Comrade Tropin. 705 01:15:49,709 --> 01:15:54,125 Alexey has some conditions he'd like to discuss before going under the reactor. 706 01:15:55,875 --> 01:15:59,375 -What conditions? -No conditions, just a favor to ask. 707 01:16:02,959 --> 01:16:05,250 My son was near the reactor when it exploded. 708 01:16:06,834 --> 01:16:09,875 Would it be possible for him to go to Switzerland for treatment, too? 709 01:16:10,709 --> 01:16:14,625 The passenger list will be confirmed by the General Secretary, 710 01:16:14,709 --> 01:16:16,625 and only liquidators are on it. 711 01:16:16,709 --> 01:16:19,625 Surely, it's easier for him to add a name to a list 712 01:16:19,709 --> 01:16:21,917 than to evacuate the whole of Kiev? 713 01:16:22,959 --> 01:16:27,000 You don't quite understand how the bureaucratic machine works. 714 01:16:27,750 --> 01:16:29,917 Then can he go instead of me? 715 01:16:30,417 --> 01:16:34,125 And you can send me to a hospital in Moscow or Kiev. Could that be done? 716 01:16:36,084 --> 01:16:38,250 I think we can arrange for that. 717 01:16:40,625 --> 01:16:42,000 -Excuse me. -Yes? 718 01:16:42,084 --> 01:16:44,209 Would you mind showing me your credentials? 719 01:16:45,375 --> 01:16:46,625 So that I can be sure. 720 01:16:58,750 --> 01:17:00,125 I'm convinced. 721 01:17:02,417 --> 01:17:03,500 You should be. 722 01:17:13,625 --> 01:17:14,834 Here are your masks. 723 01:17:14,917 --> 01:17:17,500 The water shouldn't be deep, but take them just in case. 724 01:17:18,417 --> 01:17:21,334 If you run into a field of radiation, go around it. 725 01:17:21,417 --> 01:17:23,750 -We'll manage. -Ivan, let's hear the drill again. 726 01:17:23,834 --> 01:17:25,875 You get to mark 01, cut through the floor 727 01:17:25,959 --> 01:17:28,459 and go along DU-1 to the junction box that powers the servo. 728 01:17:28,542 --> 01:17:30,334 You hook up the cable and wait. 729 01:17:30,417 --> 01:17:33,334 We'll power it up in exactly 20 minutes. Let's synchronize watches. 730 01:17:36,125 --> 01:17:37,792 Alexey, I found out about Alex. 731 01:17:37,875 --> 01:17:40,125 The boy was definitely exposed to radiation, 732 01:17:40,209 --> 01:17:43,709 but with treatment in Switzerland, he should make a full recovery. 733 01:17:43,792 --> 01:17:44,917 Thank you. 734 01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:48,292 Just do what you have to do, and we'll take care of the rest. 735 01:17:49,167 --> 01:17:51,667 -Time for you to go. -Let's roll. 736 01:17:53,459 --> 01:17:55,000 Nikita, let's go. 737 01:18:28,584 --> 01:18:30,000 What force are you with? 738 01:18:31,250 --> 01:18:32,542 Foreign intelligence. 739 01:18:32,625 --> 01:18:35,750 Holy cow! Do we have a lot of enemies out there? 740 01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:39,625 Your bosses are a bit harsh. 741 01:18:39,709 --> 01:18:41,542 They are okay. Keep hold of the reel. 742 01:18:42,750 --> 01:18:44,000 We're here. 743 01:18:45,917 --> 01:18:47,292 This is where we need to cut. 744 01:19:09,084 --> 01:19:09,917 How is it? 745 01:19:13,459 --> 01:19:14,459 Could be worse. 746 01:19:16,584 --> 01:19:18,584 Let's go. The stairs are only two meters away. 747 01:20:08,584 --> 01:20:11,125 There can't be any steam in the pipes after the accident. 748 01:20:11,209 --> 01:20:12,459 So, what's this then? 749 01:20:12,542 --> 01:20:15,875 Water must be getting in somewhere from above and evaporating. 750 01:20:15,959 --> 01:20:17,750 The reactor is still hot as hell. 751 01:20:27,459 --> 01:20:29,417 Alex, let's close these valves! 752 01:20:29,500 --> 01:20:30,584 Okay. 753 01:20:32,209 --> 01:20:33,625 Nikita, go for it. 754 01:20:44,459 --> 01:20:45,792 Nikita, get away from there! 755 01:20:53,625 --> 01:20:54,709 Let's get him up. 756 01:20:56,459 --> 01:20:57,750 Sit him down. 757 01:21:04,292 --> 01:21:07,375 -You need to get out. -I'll go on, Boris. 758 01:21:10,375 --> 01:21:12,459 No, wait for us here. We'll be quick. 759 01:21:13,084 --> 01:21:14,834 I'm fine to continue. 760 01:21:14,917 --> 01:21:18,167 Don't be stupid. Wait here. We'll be back soon. 761 01:21:19,750 --> 01:21:21,625 Nikita, we'll be back soon. 762 01:21:25,667 --> 01:21:27,375 And lift. 763 01:21:48,125 --> 01:21:49,292 What's wrong, Valery? 764 01:21:53,292 --> 01:21:54,875 I'm not going any further. 765 01:22:25,750 --> 01:22:27,875 I'm sorry, I'm not going any further. 766 01:22:30,625 --> 01:22:32,542 But we can't do it without you. 767 01:22:32,625 --> 01:22:33,709 I can't go on. 768 01:22:38,250 --> 01:22:39,667 Let's talk, shall we? 769 01:22:43,875 --> 01:22:46,709 Get your breath back, and then we'll have a little talk. 770 01:22:51,834 --> 01:22:53,875 I can't go on! 771 01:22:53,959 --> 01:22:56,834 My wife and kids in Kiev are preparing to celebrate May Day, 772 01:22:56,917 --> 01:22:58,959 so stick your "can't go on" up your ass. 773 01:23:02,250 --> 01:23:04,042 -I'm sorry. -Valery. 774 01:23:04,125 --> 01:23:06,000 -I'm sorry. -You're having a panic attack. 775 01:23:06,084 --> 01:23:07,667 -Let go of me. -Look me in the eyes. 776 01:23:07,750 --> 01:23:08,792 I said let go of me! 777 01:23:08,875 --> 01:23:12,959 -I'm not going! -Look at me. Breathe with me. 778 01:23:13,042 --> 01:23:13,959 In and out. 779 01:23:14,042 --> 01:23:15,542 Come on, breathe. 780 01:23:16,917 --> 01:23:19,959 In and out. 781 01:23:20,667 --> 01:23:23,625 That's it, calm down. 782 01:23:28,917 --> 01:23:30,459 Do you think I'm not scared? 783 01:23:31,125 --> 01:23:34,084 Do you think Yuri Gagarin wasn't scared when they shot him into space? 784 01:23:34,167 --> 01:23:36,042 He pissed himself inside that spacesuit. 785 01:23:38,167 --> 01:23:42,209 When we're done here, they'll take us for a lap of honor around Red Square. 786 01:23:42,959 --> 01:23:45,000 Like they did with Korolev and Gagarin. 787 01:23:45,750 --> 01:23:47,584 You know how many women Gagarin had? 788 01:23:49,084 --> 01:23:51,500 -No. -More than you, that's for sure. 789 01:23:54,875 --> 01:23:56,125 You're an idiot, Alex. 790 01:24:02,709 --> 01:24:04,834 Sergey died in Kiev of radiation sickness. 791 01:24:32,834 --> 01:24:35,125 Well, Valery, I am not going to die just yet. 792 01:24:36,709 --> 01:24:41,292 I still have plans… and dreams. 793 01:24:44,125 --> 01:24:46,375 Do you think I'm not scared of going in there? 794 01:24:58,500 --> 01:24:59,959 My legs won't move. 795 01:25:01,250 --> 01:25:02,792 Well, you just make them. 796 01:25:02,875 --> 01:25:05,500 Come on, up you go. 797 01:25:25,000 --> 01:25:26,334 It's like a sauna in here. 798 01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:53,417 -Crap! -Is the cable in one piece? 799 01:25:53,500 --> 01:25:55,709 Looks like it, but the reel fell down. 800 01:26:01,334 --> 01:26:02,417 I feel dizzy. 801 01:26:02,500 --> 01:26:04,000 How many fingers am I holding up? 802 01:26:04,084 --> 01:26:06,209 Five. I think I might throw up. 803 01:26:24,375 --> 01:26:25,459 Help me out. 804 01:26:25,542 --> 01:26:26,834 I got you. 805 01:26:32,917 --> 01:26:34,667 Boris, it's scalding hot in there. 806 01:26:42,167 --> 01:26:43,292 You okay? 807 01:26:47,917 --> 01:26:49,042 We have six minutes. 808 01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:51,875 -Valery, get my flashlight. -Okay. 809 01:26:53,834 --> 01:26:54,709 Give. 810 01:27:07,959 --> 01:27:09,417 There's the junction box. 811 01:27:14,417 --> 01:27:15,875 It's hot, but bearable. 812 01:27:15,959 --> 01:27:18,167 This water makes you feel as if you're drunk. 813 01:27:23,542 --> 01:27:25,542 Boris, you stay here and keep track of the time. 814 01:27:26,584 --> 01:27:28,584 I'll carry Valery over to the junction box, 815 01:27:28,667 --> 01:27:30,417 and he'll hook the cable up. 816 01:27:31,167 --> 01:27:32,584 You remember the instructions? 817 01:27:33,125 --> 01:27:34,042 I do. 818 01:27:35,709 --> 01:27:36,959 Will you manage? 819 01:27:38,750 --> 01:27:39,584 Yes. 820 01:27:43,792 --> 01:27:44,667 Three minutes. 821 01:28:19,125 --> 01:28:20,375 Ninety seconds, Valery! 822 01:28:37,542 --> 01:28:39,417 Right. Disconnecting the breaker. 823 01:28:40,084 --> 01:28:41,000 Done. 824 01:28:43,417 --> 01:28:44,334 You okay? 825 01:28:45,125 --> 01:28:46,292 Yeah, keep at it. 826 01:28:51,750 --> 01:28:54,209 Connecting the cable to the lower contacts of the breaker. 827 01:28:54,750 --> 01:28:56,084 One minute! 828 01:29:00,667 --> 01:29:01,959 One… 829 01:29:03,625 --> 01:29:04,875 and two. 830 01:29:08,292 --> 01:29:09,709 Connecting the breaker. 831 01:29:15,959 --> 01:29:17,375 Turning on the switch. 832 01:29:18,834 --> 01:29:21,375 -Thirty-two. -I'm done, let's go back. 833 01:29:29,250 --> 01:29:31,250 Don't carry me, I'll walk. 834 01:29:34,542 --> 01:29:35,584 Come on. 835 01:30:00,584 --> 01:30:01,834 It worked! 836 01:30:02,667 --> 01:30:03,875 Holy crap! 837 01:30:05,500 --> 01:30:07,667 -We did it! -Quiet. 838 01:30:07,750 --> 01:30:09,875 -The tester's lit up. -Quiet. We should hear it. 839 01:30:13,709 --> 01:30:16,292 Yes! It worked! 840 01:30:17,125 --> 01:30:19,834 We did it! It worked! 841 01:30:20,542 --> 01:30:22,959 Comrade Colonel, it worked! We did it! 842 01:30:25,292 --> 01:30:26,542 We did it! 843 01:30:38,750 --> 01:30:41,917 It didn't work. We'll have to open the valve by hand. 844 01:30:43,167 --> 01:30:44,667 Maybe we can try hotwiring it again? 845 01:30:44,750 --> 01:30:47,875 No, they already powered it up. It didn't work. 846 01:30:47,959 --> 01:30:51,417 -Maybe the live came loose? -That's not the problem. 847 01:30:51,500 --> 01:30:54,709 -Let's check the live-- -That's not the problem, Alex! 848 01:30:55,542 --> 01:30:57,625 We'll have to open the valve by hand. 849 01:31:02,667 --> 01:31:06,125 Let's go. We have to go down to the valve. 850 01:31:07,792 --> 01:31:10,167 -Boris… -Let's go, guys. 851 01:31:10,250 --> 01:31:11,584 -Boris? -No, Comrade Stysin. 852 01:31:11,667 --> 01:31:16,167 -We must get Boris out. -It's so hot in here, Mom… 853 01:31:16,250 --> 01:31:17,250 Boris? 854 01:31:29,334 --> 01:31:30,417 Where's Nikita? 855 01:31:36,667 --> 01:31:38,209 Where's Nikita? 856 01:31:42,834 --> 01:31:44,792 -I left my flashlight. I'll go get it. -Nikita! 857 01:31:44,875 --> 01:31:46,084 Be quick. 858 01:32:10,542 --> 01:32:11,459 Almost there. 859 01:32:20,084 --> 01:32:21,125 Did you hear that? 860 01:32:25,250 --> 01:32:26,167 Hear what? 861 01:32:29,084 --> 01:32:29,917 Water. 862 01:32:32,417 --> 01:32:33,417 Over there. 863 01:32:35,834 --> 01:32:37,875 Boris, take it easy. 864 01:32:38,959 --> 01:32:40,750 We're getting out of here. 865 01:32:45,375 --> 01:32:48,459 But this is the corridor that goes straight to the valve. 866 01:32:49,375 --> 01:32:50,375 Let's go. 867 01:32:50,959 --> 01:32:52,959 Boris, wait. Boris! 868 01:32:54,042 --> 01:32:56,542 Wait! Boris, stop! 869 01:33:01,292 --> 01:33:02,292 Alex, you okay? 870 01:33:03,875 --> 01:33:06,750 -Go after him. -Boris! Damn you! 871 01:33:06,834 --> 01:33:08,000 Boris! 872 01:33:10,667 --> 01:33:13,084 Boris, it's too close to the reactor! 873 01:33:14,500 --> 01:33:17,000 Stop! Stop right there! 874 01:33:18,417 --> 01:33:20,375 It's too close to the reactor, Boris! 875 01:33:35,667 --> 01:33:37,209 There's light ahead. 876 01:33:38,875 --> 01:33:42,125 -Stop! Boris! -I see light! 877 01:33:43,834 --> 01:33:46,125 Guys, there's light ahead! 878 01:33:47,625 --> 01:33:49,084 I see light! 879 01:33:52,542 --> 01:33:55,834 Stop! 880 01:34:06,084 --> 01:34:06,959 Stop! 881 01:34:21,167 --> 01:34:24,250 Close the door! You'll burn to death! 882 01:34:42,209 --> 01:34:44,959 ENTRANCE 883 01:34:49,084 --> 01:34:50,417 Easy, Boris. Hang on. 884 01:34:50,500 --> 01:34:52,500 Alex! 885 01:34:54,792 --> 01:34:55,792 Alex! 886 01:34:58,084 --> 01:34:58,917 Quick! 887 01:35:01,375 --> 01:35:02,500 There's magma there. 888 01:35:03,334 --> 01:35:05,792 Magma. We have to get out. 889 01:35:08,459 --> 01:35:09,792 We've got to get out. 890 01:35:19,167 --> 01:35:20,625 Nikita… Where's Nikita? 891 01:35:22,167 --> 01:35:24,750 Get their clothes off and get them to decontamination, now! 892 01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:32,209 There's magma there. Magma. 893 01:35:33,917 --> 01:35:35,792 Comrade Stysin… 894 01:35:39,542 --> 01:35:42,750 Let's go back down. We need to open the valve. 895 01:35:42,834 --> 01:35:44,334 There's water in the corridors. 896 01:35:44,417 --> 01:35:47,084 Take it easy, Valery. You've done your job. 897 01:35:47,167 --> 01:35:48,792 Call for a helicopter. 898 01:36:27,542 --> 01:36:29,084 How much did Boris get? 899 01:36:29,792 --> 01:36:31,250 Seven hundred rem. Perhaps more. 900 01:36:46,334 --> 01:36:49,875 They're sending liquidators back in to carry on their work. 901 01:37:34,459 --> 01:37:35,500 Comrade Stysin. 902 01:37:45,334 --> 01:37:46,875 You'll have to come with us. 903 01:37:48,625 --> 01:37:50,250 Are you taking me in? 904 01:37:50,334 --> 01:37:51,292 Only for a talk. 905 01:37:51,375 --> 01:37:54,917 Just stand there, and listen quietly while they dress you down. 906 01:37:58,334 --> 01:37:59,667 I won't listen quietly. 907 01:38:00,667 --> 01:38:02,375 Maybe your plan is better than mine. 908 01:38:02,459 --> 01:38:03,792 You wanna take a bunch of people 909 01:38:03,875 --> 01:38:05,709 and use them to plug the hole in the reactor. 910 01:38:06,417 --> 01:38:09,584 We should've thought better when they were building the damned thing, 911 01:38:09,667 --> 01:38:12,917 but we allowed it to be built so that it would blow up. 912 01:38:14,375 --> 01:38:16,625 That's what I'm going to tell them. 913 01:38:17,375 --> 01:38:19,459 They can cover their asses all they want. 914 01:38:20,500 --> 01:38:22,667 Why don't you just mind your own business? 915 01:38:23,375 --> 01:38:25,584 Who are you fighting? 916 01:38:25,667 --> 01:38:28,250 The system? It's like radiation. 917 01:38:28,334 --> 01:38:32,292 Invisible, ever-present, and everlasting. 918 01:38:32,375 --> 01:38:33,750 Stop acting like a child. 919 01:38:36,167 --> 01:38:37,542 But I am a child. 920 01:38:39,959 --> 01:38:41,875 I'm a child of the Soviet regime. 921 01:39:30,375 --> 01:39:37,334 WARD NO. 2 922 01:39:44,417 --> 01:39:45,834 How are you feeling? 923 01:39:47,334 --> 01:39:49,459 -Fine. -Get back in bed. 924 01:39:49,542 --> 01:39:50,625 How's Nikita? 925 01:39:50,709 --> 01:39:51,709 He's fine. 926 01:39:53,084 --> 01:39:56,375 Doctor, I'd like to have five minutes with Alexey if that's okay. 927 01:39:57,667 --> 01:39:59,959 -You have five minutes. -Thank you. 928 01:40:02,292 --> 01:40:03,375 Is that your mother? 929 01:40:04,375 --> 01:40:06,000 Why is she crying? You're alive. 930 01:40:08,042 --> 01:40:10,250 I'm gonna go down to open the valve. 931 01:40:17,084 --> 01:40:18,667 That's a suicide mission. 932 01:40:27,000 --> 01:40:28,625 There aren't enough volunteers. 933 01:40:29,584 --> 01:40:31,042 None, to be more precise. 934 01:40:32,334 --> 01:40:35,125 Only soldiers. There's more than enough of them. 935 01:40:36,375 --> 01:40:37,750 But they're not volunteers. 936 01:40:38,709 --> 01:40:39,542 Yeah. 937 01:40:41,125 --> 01:40:42,542 They don't get much choice. 938 01:40:48,459 --> 01:40:50,084 Maybe they'll find another way? 939 01:40:50,667 --> 01:40:52,042 They can blow a hole in it… 940 01:40:52,750 --> 01:40:54,084 or pump the water out. 941 01:40:56,750 --> 01:40:58,375 Maybe they'll blow a hole in it. 942 01:41:00,125 --> 01:41:01,417 Maybe they won't. 943 01:41:05,125 --> 01:41:08,292 If whatever they do doesn't work, it'll blow a hole in itself. 944 01:41:27,750 --> 01:41:30,292 Right. I'll go back to my mom. 945 01:41:56,542 --> 01:41:58,709 You're done. Call the next one in. 946 01:43:07,500 --> 01:43:08,500 Hi, Olga. 947 01:43:30,917 --> 01:43:32,959 Why did you leave us? 948 01:43:33,042 --> 01:43:35,167 Why did you leave me back then? 949 01:43:35,250 --> 01:43:36,459 Why? 950 01:44:01,959 --> 01:44:03,792 I don't know what's wrong with him. 951 01:44:04,542 --> 01:44:06,209 They won't let me see him. 952 01:44:07,709 --> 01:44:10,375 I'm cutting hair here, so stupid… 953 01:44:21,959 --> 01:44:24,542 Right now, you and I are going to go and get him. 954 01:44:26,584 --> 01:44:28,334 We'll put him on a plane to Switzerland. 955 01:44:28,875 --> 01:44:30,917 He'll get proper treatment there. 956 01:44:37,292 --> 01:44:39,000 What? What plane? 957 01:44:39,959 --> 01:44:42,542 I got him a seat on a charter flight for radiation victims. 958 01:44:44,084 --> 01:44:45,917 What's wrong with him? Why Switzerland? 959 01:44:46,000 --> 01:44:49,667 Their doctors are better than ours. It's the best possible option for him. 960 01:44:52,375 --> 01:44:54,375 He's going to be fine. 961 01:44:56,959 --> 01:44:58,750 We just have to get him… 962 01:44:59,959 --> 01:45:01,500 and put him on the plane. 963 01:45:55,709 --> 01:45:57,625 My boy, please forgive me. 964 01:45:57,709 --> 01:45:59,459 They wouldn't let me see you. 965 01:45:59,542 --> 01:46:02,542 You got to ride with flashing lights, just like Gorbachev. 966 01:46:03,167 --> 01:46:05,292 Don't be scared. You're going to get better there. 967 01:46:05,375 --> 01:46:06,750 Alexey Savostin? 968 01:46:07,459 --> 01:46:09,417 Yes, there's our little soldier. 969 01:46:09,500 --> 01:46:11,417 Please give me your little soldier's documents 970 01:46:11,500 --> 01:46:12,709 and say your goodbyes. 971 01:46:13,792 --> 01:46:16,500 Will there be any doctors who speak Russian over there? 972 01:46:16,584 --> 01:46:17,667 I'll be there. 973 01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:21,250 I love you, sweetie. 974 01:46:21,959 --> 01:46:23,334 Why are you leaving me? 975 01:46:25,417 --> 01:46:27,542 I'm not allowed to go with you. 976 01:46:27,625 --> 01:46:28,584 Don't leave me, Mom! 977 01:46:29,167 --> 01:46:30,000 Olga… 978 01:46:32,250 --> 01:46:33,334 Mom! 979 01:46:51,167 --> 01:46:52,334 Let's go. 980 01:47:26,584 --> 01:47:27,459 Olga, sit down. 981 01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:52,500 We didn't ask for the phone number. 982 01:47:52,584 --> 01:47:53,584 I'll get it. 983 01:47:55,667 --> 01:47:57,417 We have to call him every day. 984 01:48:02,834 --> 01:48:05,000 You've done everything you could. Now relax. 985 01:48:06,625 --> 01:48:09,250 When he gets back, he needs you to be strong for him. 986 01:48:12,792 --> 01:48:13,834 You're right. 987 01:48:16,000 --> 01:48:16,875 Thank you. 988 01:48:19,542 --> 01:48:21,417 I promised to be there for you, didn't I? 989 01:48:40,542 --> 01:48:41,917 I feel bad for how I treated you. 990 01:48:42,917 --> 01:48:44,042 And I'm scared. 991 01:48:46,209 --> 01:48:47,750 It's me who should feel bad. 992 01:49:17,792 --> 01:49:18,667 Alex. 993 01:49:25,834 --> 01:49:26,917 Alex. 994 01:49:42,542 --> 01:49:43,459 Alex, no. 995 01:50:03,500 --> 01:50:08,084 The Soviet nation celebrates this year's May Day, 996 01:50:08,167 --> 01:50:12,709 full of vigor and creative energy. 997 01:50:13,417 --> 01:50:16,917 Festive crowds walked along Khreschatyk, 998 01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:19,417 Kiev's main thoroughfare. 999 01:50:20,000 --> 01:50:23,084 Tens of thousands of people took part in the parade… 1000 01:50:58,792 --> 01:50:59,959 Alex? 1001 01:51:05,667 --> 01:51:06,500 Alex? 1002 01:51:16,875 --> 01:51:20,459 Olga, I'm sorry for leaving you again, but I have to go back in there. 1003 01:51:20,542 --> 01:51:23,959 You have the best son in the world. And you picked the best name for him! 1004 01:51:38,292 --> 01:51:39,834 I'm glad you volunteered. 1005 01:51:42,250 --> 01:51:44,167 I wish I could say the same. 1006 01:51:46,084 --> 01:51:49,709 Turns out I lied to you. We won't get our victory lap around Red Square. 1007 01:51:50,375 --> 01:51:52,042 You're an idiot, Alex. 1008 01:51:54,459 --> 01:51:57,542 It's a shame Boris didn't make it to see this historic moment. 1009 01:52:02,334 --> 01:52:04,542 It's a good thing Alex can't talk underwater. 1010 01:53:05,167 --> 01:53:06,250 This way. 1011 01:53:31,417 --> 01:53:34,834 The water's almost 60C… like they said. 1012 01:53:36,167 --> 01:53:39,209 Valery… since nobody can hear us here… 1013 01:53:41,167 --> 01:53:43,250 why did this thing really blow up? 1014 01:53:44,959 --> 01:53:46,250 Because of people. 1015 01:53:50,500 --> 01:53:51,917 Which people exactly? 1016 01:53:56,584 --> 01:53:58,000 Does it matter? 1017 01:54:09,667 --> 01:54:10,709 You ready? Let's go. 1018 01:55:16,709 --> 01:55:17,709 What's the matter? 1019 01:55:19,792 --> 01:55:23,042 I'm not scared, my hands are just shaking like crazy. 1020 01:55:24,375 --> 01:55:27,375 I'll open the valve myself. I can't wait any longer, it's too hot. 1021 01:55:27,459 --> 01:55:28,917 Wait for me. 1022 01:55:32,334 --> 01:55:33,417 I can't. 1023 01:58:19,042 --> 01:58:20,917 Ivan, the water's draining. 1024 01:58:32,625 --> 01:58:34,500 The water's draining. They did it. 1025 02:03:40,709 --> 02:03:43,917 They found him after the water drained. Everyone thought he was dead. 1026 02:03:49,959 --> 02:03:51,042 How do I look? 1027 02:03:53,084 --> 02:03:54,417 Good enough. 1028 02:04:01,917 --> 02:04:03,500 Why don't you take him to Kiev? 1029 02:04:06,542 --> 02:04:09,917 Three hours of being rattled around on the road won't do him any good. 1030 02:04:11,917 --> 02:04:13,000 Listen. 1031 02:04:16,959 --> 02:04:18,167 He's radioactive. 1032 02:04:18,250 --> 02:04:21,125 Keep contact to a minimum. It could be very dangerous. 1033 02:04:32,084 --> 02:04:33,459 ISOLATION WARD - STAFF ONLY 1034 02:04:51,709 --> 02:04:58,667 KEEP OUT 1035 02:07:15,417 --> 02:07:19,292 THREE MONTHS LATER 1036 02:09:44,625 --> 02:09:51,584 DEDICATED TO THE CHERNOBYL LIQUIDATORS