The Man Who Saved the World (2012) movie poster

The Man Who Saved the World (2012)

53 minTV-PGDocumentaryHistoryWar

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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.

Director: Nick Green

Cast

Jay O. Sanders as Narrator (voice)

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson as Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson

Narrator (voice)

Leon Ockenden as Vasily Arkhipov

Leon Ockenden

Vasily Arkhipov

Martin McDougall as Submarine Captain

Martin McDougall

Submarine Captain

Vasili Arkhipov as Self (archive footage)

Vasili Arkhipov

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Keywords

Plot:heronuclear warsoviet unionnuclear missileend of the worldarmageddoncuban missile crisis

Time:cold warworld war iiapocalypseworld war iii

Place:submarinenuclear submarine