''The Bell of Chernobyl'' is a 1987

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directed by Ukrainian filmmaker, Rollan Serhienko. The film was made following the

Chernobyl nuclear disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR in the Sov ...

and includes a variety of accounts of the incident and its implications for nearby communities. The film's synopsis describes it as presenting "an indictment against the irresponsible application of nuclear technology, armament and the Cold War." The film is presented in Russian language with English subtitles and is 89 minutes long. It was screened at IDFA in the Netherlands in 1988. The ''

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'' indicates that an 84-minute version of the film exists. The film is also known by the alternative titles ''The Poison of Chernobyl'' and ''Le Tocsin de Tchernobyl''.

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1987 films 1987 documentary films Documentary films about the Chernobyl disaster 1980s Russian-language films {{environment-documentary-film-stub