Film·2012·53m

The Man Who Saved the World

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

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Cast

8 credited

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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