City 40

City 40 (2016)

Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth.

Hidden in the heart of Russia, there is a Soviet-era city where thousands of people live and work behind barbed-wire fences monitored by armed guards. It is Ozyorsk (Ozersk), located in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, one of the most polluted places on the planet and home to the largest stockpiles of nuclear material. Its code name: City 40.

Date of release
2016-04-28
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (50)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Documentary, History
Director
Samira Goetschel

Interesting facts

City 40 is a 2016 Russian documentary film directed by Samira Goetschel about the closed city of Ozyorsk, near the location of the nuclear Kyshtym disaster, Soviet Union. Footage is provided from hidden cameras and Russian archival footage as well as modern-day interviews, which are spoken in Russian and subtitled in English. In 2017, it was nominated for an Emmy Award in the News & Documentary category.

Production

The Frontline Club hosted a screening and question and answer session with Goetschel and journalist Luke Harding on 14 June 2016. Goetschel said she and her crew were in a sanitarium outside of Ozersk and tried to make contact with residents in order to gain access. The film crew and the residents that spoke with them were under risk of death. Goetschel said "They have been told they would be killed.

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