Directed by Johan Renck Written by Craig Mazin Cast Jared Harris ... Valery Legasov Michael Shaeffer ... Blond Man Jessie Buckley ... Lyudmilla Ignatenko Adam Nagaitis ... Vasily Ignatenko Paul Ritter ... Anatoly Dyatlov Sam Troughton ... Alexandr Akimov Joshua Leese ... Kirschenbaum Robert Emms ... Leonid Toptunov Adam Lundgren ... Brazhnik Karl Davies ... Viktor Proskuryakov Paulius Markevicius ... Aleksandr Kudryavtsev Jay Simpson ... Perevozchenko Billy Postlethwaite ... Boris Stolyarchuk Ross Armstrong ... Nikolai Gorbachenko Douggie McMeekin ... Yuvchenko Karolis Kasperavicius ... Viktor Degtaryenko Sam Strike ... Misha Gerard Kearns ... Pravik Sammy Hayman ... Titenok Povilas Jatkevicius ... Kibenok Laura Elphinstone ... Oksana Michael Socha ... Mikhail Nadia Clifford ... Dr. Svetlana Zinchenko Ron Cook ... Old Maternity Doctor Con O'Neill ... Viktor Bryukhanov Adrian Rawlins ... Nikolai Fomin Jan Ricica ... Oksana's Kid Matas Dirgincius ... Vladimir Tishchura Jamie Sives ... Sitnikov Caolan Byrne ... Day Shift Worker Stephen Bisland ... Night Shift Worker Alex Blake ... Petrovich Donald Sumpter ... Zharkov Stellan Skarsgård ... Boris Shcherbina (voice) Uncredited Cast Dainius Jucius ... Minister of Finance of Pripyat Roman Listopad ... Civilian Danguole Ragazinskaite ... Civilian Petras Simonis ... Dyatlov's Guard Tomas Zaibus ... Policeman Produced by Jane Featherstone Chris Fry Robert How Olga Kashirina Michael Kitaev Jacqueline Lesko Craig Mazin Anne Mensah Lina Miseikyte Johan Renck Gabriel Silver Darko Skulsky Tanya Sokolova Carolyn Strauss Gary Tuck Sanne Wohlenberg Jane Yatsuta Original Music by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Additional Info Premiere: May 06, 2019 DVD Release: October 01, 2019 Blu-ray Release: October 01, 2019 Countries: Distributor: HBO Studios Websites: Production Companies Home Box Office (HBO) Sister Pictures (produced by) Sky Television The Mighty Mint (produced by) Word Games (produced by) Distributors Home Box Office (HBO)   (2019) (USA) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Reviewers -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #134 / 16,911 Page Views Today 0 This Week 2 This Month 3 This Year 66 All Time 266