Decay / Rozpad

Year:

1990

Studio:

Ukrainian SSR, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio, Peter Almond, Pacifik Film Fund

Duration:

90 min

Director:

Mykhailo Bielikov

Writer:

Mykhailo Bielikov, Oleh Prykhodko

Cinematographer:

Vasyl Trushkovskyi, Oleksandr Shyhaiev

Cast:

Sergei Shakurov, Tatiana Kochemasova, Heorhii Drozd, Aleksei Serebriakov, Marina Mogilevskaia, Oleksii Horbunov, Stanislav Stankevich

Decay is the first feature film about the Chornobyl accident to be made during Glasnost and Perestroika, a period when censorship had already weakened and the state continued to fund film projects. A deep crisis in the industry would begin only a few years later and continue to this day. The film was co-produced by the American producer Peter Almond, which ensured that the film was widely distributed internationally.