The Man Who Saved the World (2012)

  • NR
  • 10/22/2012 (US)
  • Documentary, History, War
  • 53m

Overview

During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Soviet Navy officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to launch a nuclear strike and saved the world from nuclear war and total destruction.

Nick Green

Director, Writer

Cast

Jay O. Sanders's headshot

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)
Alisdair Simpson's headshot

Alisdair Simpson

Narrator (voice)
Leon Ockenden's headshot

Leon Ockenden

Vasily Arkhipov
Martin McDougall's headshot

Martin McDougall

Submarine Captain
Vasili Arkhipov's headshot

Vasili Arkhipov

Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro's headshot

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy's headshot

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev's headshot

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

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