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The Man Who Saved the World poster

The Man Who Saved the World (2012)

8.0(2)53mOctober 22, 2012

Documentary History War

Nick Green

Director

Nick Green

Writer

Rate

Diary

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.

Cast

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson

Narrator (voice)

Leon Ockenden

Vasily Arkhipov

Martin McDougall

Submarine Captain

The Man Who Saved the World · Cinemalant

VA

Vasili Arkhipov

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: October 22, 2012

Keywords

heronuclear warsubmarinecold warworld war ii

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