The Man Who Saved the World

IMDb 7.0 2012 • 53 min • DocumentaryHistoryWar

Director

Nick Green

Country

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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)