Volunteers come forward! The story of battalion 731
Director Tiziano Niero
Countries United Kingdom
Duration 55 min
Synopsis
This is the story of Special Battalion 731 and its members who in April 1986 were picked up in the middle of the night and sent to Chernobyl on a special mission: to save their motherland from nuclear extermination. -Together, they fought an invisible enemy that left a legacy of disease, death and uncertainty in its wake. The documentary is a tale of unanswered prayers and bureaucratic confusion, the portrait of a generation trapped between two worlds – a human odyssey in the glare of radiation.
This is the story of Special Battalion 731 and its members who in April 1986 were picked up in the middle of the night and sent to Chernobyl on a special mission: to save their motherland from nuclear extermination. -Together, they fought an invisible enemy that left a legacy of disease, death and uncertainty in its wake. The documentary is a tale of unanswered prayers and bureaucratic confusion, the portrait of a generation trapped between two worlds – a human odyssey in the glare of radiation.