Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Documentary • 1999 • 100 minutes
After the nuclear catastrophe in 1986, a 30 km restricted zone was erected around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and 116,000 persons were evacuated from this area. Pripyat is a portrait of the people who still live and work there, and of those who have moved back. What is life like for these people, a life with the invisible and incomprehensible danger of radioactivity? How do they deal with the aftereffects of an accident which no one could have foreseen? Four protagonists tell their stories and provide a look at everyday life in their zone.
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CERN
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Elsewhere Part I
Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Documentary • 2010 • 117 minutes
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Elsewhere Part II
Directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Documentary • 2010 • 129 minutes
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