The Man Who Saved the World

  • Rated 8.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2012
  • 53m
  • Documentary
  • History
  • War

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.

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Director
Nick Green
Starring
Jay O. Sanders, Alisdair Simpson, Leon Ockenden, Martin McDougall

Cast

  • Jay O. Sanders

    Jay O. Sanders

    Narrator (voice)

  • Alisdair Simpson

    Alisdair Simpson

    Narrator (voice)

  • Leon Ockenden

    Leon Ockenden

    Vasily Arkhipov

  • Martin McDougall

    Martin McDougall

    Submarine Captain

  • Vasili Arkhipov

    Vasili Arkhipov

    Self (archive footage)

  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro

    Self (archive footage)

  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy

    Self (archive footage)

  • Nikita Khrushchev

    Nikita Khrushchev

    Self (archive footage)

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