Star Wormwood. Movie 1 (1990)

Page - an excerpt from the Bible (Revelation of John the Evangelist).

A quote from the Apocalypse about the star Wormwood.

Panorama of the cemetery where the Chernobyl heroes are buried (Mitinskoye Cemetery in Moscow) - graves, tombstones, monuments are in the frame.

An alley where the Chernobyl firefighters are buried.

Close-up - a monument on the grave of "Perchuk K.G.", a woman in a headscarf is sitting by the grave, crying.

The military are helping the woman plant flowers on the grave.

Panorama of a group of people standing by the graves.

In the frame - the graves of the Chernobyl firefighters.

People stand silently by the grave.

A group of people are carrying wreaths.

People are carrying wreaths to the graves, tripods for cameras and cameras are standing nearby, correspondents and cameramen are working.

People with flowers at the Mitinskoye Cemetery, at a rally dedicated to the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

Close-up - a monument on the grave of "Degtyarenko V. M." Close-up - people's faces.

Close-up - a monument on the grave of "Novik A. V." People at the cemetery, near the graves, a group of children with flowers.

Close-up - a monument on the grave of "Pravik V. P." Panorama of the cemetery, a flock of birds flying over the graves.

Tree branches with buds.

The environs of Chernobyl, bare ground, uprooted apple trees in the frame.

Parking lot for radioactive vehicles, panorama of the vehicles that were used in the cleanup work at the nuclear power plant.

A village well.

A stele on the road "Gomel Region", next to it there is a stand "Restricted Zone".

By the road there is a road sign and a plate "Roadside is contaminated", panorama of grass, a field, wildflowers.

Wheat is earing, close-up - barbed wire.

A plate on the building "Kurchatov Street 16".

Deserted streets of Pripyat, apartment buildings.

Panorama of the deserted city of Pripyat from a bird's eye view.

Flight over the destroyed building of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, enclosed in a sarcophagus.

An old woman in a headscarf cleans a photograph with a rag.

In the photograph - a young man (Valery Khodemchuk).

In the frame - Khodemchuk's mother.

A colony, iron gates open, in the frame prisoners in formation.

Among the prisoners is Bryukhanov V.P., former director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

On the table is a flip calendar, with pages for April 26 and 27, 1988, with handwritten notes.

View from the window of a high-rise building.

In the frame - photographs of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant building, storks in a nest.

Semi-darkness, two women in a room, leafing through books, documents.

View from the window of trees, in the frame a window, a windowsill, a candlestick with candles, a panorama of a desk, books and magazines on the floor.

In the frame - a window, half-closed by a curtain, plants in pots on the windowsill.

A portrait of Academician Legasov on the wall.

Close-up - a folder "Case No...".

Close-up - hands sorting through photographs from Legasov's archive.

A photograph of Legasov.

Investigator for especially important cases B. V. Pogorelov is speaking.

Close-up - hands sorting through photographs from the site of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

In the photographs - scientists, various officials, etc., in the frame - scientist A. M. Petrosyants.

Speaking is the widow of Academician Legasov - Margarita Mikhailovna Legasova.

In the frame - journalist V. S. Gubarev.

Various shots from foreign newsreels - man-made disasters, accidents, dead people, cattle, burning objects, people receiving medical care, explosions, fires at chemical plants, etc.

Close-up - a portable audio recorder, a cassette is playing, Legasov's voice is heard.

Close-up - hands leafing through sheets of a large notebook with newspaper pages pasted into them, in the frame Legasov's article "My Duty to Tell About This." Journalist Gubarev is sitting at his desk, looking through Legasov's notes and newspaper articles.

Close-up - a clock on the table.

A car is driving along the road, a view of rural landscapes, trees, etc. (shot from the cabin, from the movement).

A car is driving along a village street, in the frame are houses, people on the side of the road.

Footage from the newsreel of 1986 - the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, people in masks and special clothing are running, sirens on cars are flashing in the frame, a column of fire trucks is driving, a view of the accident site (from above), the destroyed 4th power unit, people in white suits and caps inside the building, running along the corridor.

Footage from the newsreel - Legasov is walking along the corridor together with a man in white special clothing, talking to him, answering questions.

Panorama of the window, trees are visible, in the frame there is a desk in the room (the study in the apartment of Academician Legasov).

The apartment of Academician Legasov, a panorama of a closet in one of the rooms, photographs on the wall.

In the frame - Academician Legasov's widow.

The colony, the formation of prisoners, after the formation the prisoners disperse.

A building on the territory of the colony, a group of prisoners is standing on the porch near the open door, a panorama of rose bushes in a small front garden.

Bryukhanov V.P. is speaking - the former director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Footage from the newsreel of 1986 - a delegation from Moscow, with military personnel, high-ranking officials, boarding a helicopter, in the frame - Academician Legasov.

Military personnel, scientists and others in the helicopter cabin, looking out the windows at the site of the accident, Legasov looking out the window, members of the delegation in the helicopter cabin, studying documents, maps, discussing something, looking from above at the destroyed 4th power unit.

Shot from above - the destroyed building of the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl NPP, smoke, fragments of reinforcement, etc.

Bryukhanov speaking.

Footage from the scene of the accident - the destroyed 4th power unit, fire, etc. (shot from above).

Legasov in a helicopter, looking out the window, in the frame are other members of the government delegation, Legasov and his colleagues are studying a map, Legasov is holding a Geiger counter in his hands, showing the data.

Footage from a newsreel from 1986 - a helicopter hovering over the accident site, a panorama of the ruins of the 4th power unit.

Footage from a Western newsreel - a foreign NPP, in the frame are buildings, various structures, etc. (shot from above).

Footage from a 1986 newsreel - a man in a white cap looks out of a helicopter window, the frame shows the territory of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a view of the destroyed power unit, etc. (shot from above), a man in a respirator, flights over the accident site, a helicopter in the sky with a cable, various shots of the destruction of the building of the 4th power unit, in the frame there are debris, traces of a fire, etc.

View of the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Panorama of a stone panel with images of nuclear power engineers, scientists, etc.

Bryukhanov speaking.

Monument on the grave of "Toptunov L.F.", in the frame there is a photograph of Toptunov.

Monument on the grave of "Perevozchenko V.I.", enlargement of the photograph.

Monument on the grave of "Akimov A.F.", panorama of flowers and the grave of Pravik V.P. Large - wild flowers.

Cemetery, panorama of Chernobyl liquidators' graves, white building in the background in the frame.

Foreign newsreel footage - Vienna International Center, conference in progress, Academician Legasov delivering report on Chernobyl accident, representatives of different countries examining photographs, materials on disaster, large - sign on table "V.Legasov", Academician Legasov in the frame, different conference footage, images of NPP with explanatory comments in German, view of hall, presidium, tribune, etc., IAEA emblem in the form of atom.

Tree in the frame.

Window, candlestick with candles on the windowsill.

Panorama in the photograph on the wall.

Semi-darkness, glass on the table, view of the room.

Fragment of newspaper article, "Hobbies of Scientists" section, different humorous drawings in the frame, photographs from comic costume event, where power engineers took part, etc.

Excerpts from the film "The Three Fates of Academician Aleksandrov".

Academician Aleksandrov is featured.

Portrait drawings depicting Aleksandrov.

Footage from the Aleksandrov family archive - the unveiling of a monument to Aleksandrov in Sosnovy Bor, with Aleksandrov himself, family members, colleagues, etc. in attendance.

The footage shows the buildings, structures, and territory of the Leningrad NPP. The nuclear power plant - employees in white overalls walking down the corridor.

The work of the NPP employees at the plant, the plant's premises, etc. is shown.

The NPP control center, employees near the instrument panel, working with devices.

Panorama of the NPP control center hall, employees in white overalls in the frame.

Aleksandrov's fellow scientists, including Academician Legasov, are talking about him.

The NPP control center hall.

Academician Aleksandrov is speaking.

The building of the Leningrad NPP, various footage of nuclear power plants on the territory of the USSR. A quote from the "Gospel of Matthew".

Images of the NPP building, an orange spot appears.

Stills from foreign news stories about the Chernobyl accident, an interactive map, an interview with the German Interior Minister, a map showing contaminated areas, etc.

A bird on a tree branch.

View of an Orthodox church.

Panorama of a field, a tree, several graves in the frame behind a wrought-iron fence.

Rural landscape, hills, a field, a forest in the background, a priest with his wife and children in the frame.

Children running across the field.

In the frame is the rector of the Transfiguration Church, Father Vladimir Gamaris.

Moscow, parade on Red Square on May 1, 1986, Gorbachev on the podium greeting the parade participants, fragments from foreign news (on the map - the USSR and European countries, a story about the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Footage from the 1986 newsreel - the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (shot from above, from a helicopter), liquidators in masks and special clothing, a helicopter in the air above the accident site, a panorama of the destroyed power unit, liquidators descending down to the reactor, walking along the corridors of the destroyed building.

Rural landscape, river, trees reflected in the water.

Field, river, a forest is visible in the background, a priest's family is walking across the field.

Field, tree, the sun is shining through the branches.

Foreign news - an interactive map shows how a cloud of radiation spreads, the frame shows various European rural landscapes, mountains, snow, etc., a sky with white clouds, leaves of lettuce contaminated with radiation on beds, etc.

Footage from the 1986 newsreel - Legasov is standing with a group of servicemen, liquidators, answering the reporter's questions, smoking, telling what dose of radiation he received.

In the frame - liquidators, talking to Legasov, joking, laughing.

One of the NPP employees is speaking.

Journalist V. S. Gubarev is speaking.

Soldiers in the village, entering the yards, sealing the houses.

Soldiers in respirators with devices for measuring radiation, a panorama of trees in the yard of the house, cherries on the branches.

A resident of one of the houses looks out from behind the door.

A soldier measures the radiation level near the house, a panorama of a village house, a nest with storks on the roof.

Residents in the square, seeing off their children, children in formal pioneer uniforms getting on buses, leaving.

A train station, a platform, a passenger train, children's drawings in the windows, the slogan "Let there be peace".

An operator with a hand-held camera films the area near the nuclear power plant from movement.

The territory of the nuclear power plant, people in protective masks in armored personnel carriers.

A helicopter is spraying a special powder on the territory of the station and the 4th power unit, a panorama of the destroyed building.

In the frame - accident liquidators, a concrete mixer truck is driving, a man in a mask behind the wheel of a truck, a concrete mixer is approaching the destroyed building of the 4th power unit.

A trailer is leaving the tunnel, male liquidators are unloading soil, then drinking water, resting.

The operational headquarters, an office, employees are talking on the phone, conferring, discussing something.

A helicopter in the air, above the accident site.

Liquidators are running to the destroyed power unit.

A concrete mixer is driving, a panorama of the wall of the building, liquidators are climbing the stairs to the roof.

An operator from the roof of a neighboring building is filming the destroyed 4th power unit, the consequences of the accident, etc.

Field, trees, barbed wire, "Restricted area" sign.

A nest with storks on the roof of a village house.

Villagers in a field, near a helicopter.

The frame shows a helicopter in a field.

General shot - a helicopter in a field, a group of villagers standing nearby, an employee in white overalls taking soil and plant samples.

After taking the samples, the employees say goodbye to the locals and go to the helicopter.

The frame shows a helicopter in a field.

A group of villagers, a panorama of a field, village houses.

A woman in a headscarf weeding the beds.

A village street, a fence near the houses, a cat walking.

The helicopter takes off.

A stork with storks in a nest on the roof of a village house.

A helicopter in the sky, flying over a village.

An office, a meeting of scientists, accident liquidators, management, military personnel, etc.

The frame shows people in white overalls and caps in an office, various shots from the meeting.

Liquidators, military personnel in a car, the outside of the car is being disinfected with a special liquid composition.

Soldiers, liquidators in the back of a truck, the truck is leaving.

Close-up - a pass.

Liquidators put on special clothing, equipment, respirators, etc., prepare for work on the territory of the nuclear power plant.

Scientist, radiobiologist Grodzinsky D. M. speaks.

Footage from a newsreel from 1986 - a tunnel, mine carts with soil are moving along the rails, in the frame, liquidators in white special clothing and caps are pouring soil out of the carts.

Animated insert on the topic of a nuclear reaction, radiation, radionuclides, etc.

Foreign newsreel - Japan, a hospital, a woman with a small child is being wheeled along the corridor on a gurney, a pregnant woman is undergoing an ultrasound, conjoined Siamese twins, a crying girl, in the frame - jars with alcohol-preserved unborn babies with deviations.

Footage from the 1986 newsreel - liquidators working on the territory of the nuclear power plant, a panorama of the destroyed building of the 4th power unit.

Footage from the conference on May 6, 1986 - scientists and management are sitting at the table in the presidium, in the frame is party activist B. Ye.

Shcherbina.

Photos from the site of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

In the photo from the conference - scientist Petrosyants.

Liquidators are working on the roof - they are throwing down radioactive graphite with shovels, etc.

An Orthodox church, a service is in progress.

Panorama of a large icon of the Mother of God with the baby in the center and the inscription "Christ is Risen".

Close-up - a candle is burning, wax is dripping.

Faces of elderly women in headscarves at a service in the church.

In the frame - parishioners.

Candles are burning in a plate with kutia.

A priest blesses plates with memorial kutia and other dishes on the table in the church.

The priest is praying.

Chronicle of 1986 - footage of liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

Academician Legasov's apartment, his widow and another woman, leafing through books, reading documents, papers, etc.

Photographs from the family archive - Legasov with his grandson.

The widow and another woman in the room, sorting through papers, documents.

Various photographs from the Legasov family archive.

In the frame - the desk in the academician's office in his apartment, in the frame - photographs of the young Margarita Mikhailovna Legasova.

Window, candlestick with candles on the windowsill, view from the window (trees are visible in the semi-darkness).

Night, panorama of trees.