The Man Who Saved the World poster

The Man Who Saved the World

8.0 / 10 8.0 2012 53m

DocumentaryHistoryWar

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.

Directed by Nick Green

CAST

The people behind the story

Jay O. Sanders

Jay O. SandersNarrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson

Alisdair SimpsonNarrator (voice)

Leon Ockenden

Leon OckendenVasily Arkhipov

Martin McDougall

Martin McDougallSubmarine Captain

Vasili Arkhipov

Vasili ArkhipovSelf (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)

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