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Chernobyl: Abyss

Chernobyl: Abyss (2021)

Чернобыль

Release:2021
Runtime:2h 16m
Country:Russia
Director:Danila Kozlovsky
Language:Russian

Genre

ActionDramaHistory
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Keywords

DivingRadiationAffectationMelancholyBased On True StoryNostalgicFirefighterMysterious
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Chernobyl: Abyss rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.2/10· 11K votes
TMDb6.245/10· 574 votes

With 5.2/10 on IMDb, this film is well-rated across multiple platforms.

About Chernobyl: Abyss

The aftermath of a shocking explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station made hundreds of people sacrifice their lives to clean up the site of the catastrophe and to successfully prevent an even bigger disaster that could have turned a large part of the European continent into an uninhabitable exclusion zone. This is their story.

Cast of Chernobyl: Abyss

  • Danila Kozlovsky

    Danila Kozlovsky

    as Alexey

  • Oksana Akinshina

    Oksana Akinshina

    as Olga

  • Philipp Avdeev

    Philipp Avdeev

    as Valera

  • Ravshana Kurkova

    Ravshana Kurkova

    as Dina

  • Arthur Beschastny

    Arthur Beschastny

    as Stysin

  • Nikolay Kozak

    Nikolay Kozak

    as Military diver Boris

  • Igor Chernevich

    Igor Chernevich

    as Tropin

  • Anton Shvarts

    Anton Shvarts

    as Soldier

  • Andrey Archakov

    Andrey Archakov

  • Samvel Tadevossian

    Samvel Tadevossian

    as Firefighter Tigran

  • Dmitry Beseda

    Dmitry Beseda

    as Appeared in fragment

  • Pavel Davydov

    Pavel Davydov

    as Liquidator

Chernobyl: Abyss facts

Original title
Чернобыль
Budget
$9.1M
Box office
$6.5M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Historical event treatment carries emotional weight throughout
  • •Kozlovsky captures tension between personal and national stakes
  • •Action choreography delivers visceral wartime authenticity

What the audience disliked

  • •Polarized critical reception suggests uneven dramatic execution
  • •Ambitious scope may overwhelm intimate character development

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