Directed by Johan Renck Written by Craig Mazin   Cast June Watson ... Old Woman Babushka Josef Altin ... Soldier Jessie Buckley ... Lyudmilla Ignatenko Sergejus Ivanovas ... Survey Soldier Jared Harris ... Valery Legasov Stellan Skarsgård ... Boris Shcherbina Ralph Ineson ... General Tarakanov Barry Keoghan ... Pavel Alexej Manvelov ... Garo Fares Fares ... Bacho Josef Davies ... Janek Emily Watson ... Ulana Khomyuk Velta Zygure ... Elderly Librarian Paulius Cizinauskas ... KGB Agent Library Mark Bagnall ... Jughashvili (Robot Operator) Paul Ritter ... Anatoly Dyatlov Ian Pirie ... Site Officer Masha Andrew Sheridan ... Biorobot Lukas Malinauskas ... Biorobot Soldier Marius Karolis Gotbergas ... Biorobot Soldier Uncredited Cast Jimmy Walker ... Airman Pavel Produced by Jane Featherstone   Chris Fry   Robert How   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 27, 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 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #126 / 20,883 Site Ranking