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The Man Who Saved the World

2012

53m

Documentary History War

Director: Nick Green

Writer: Nick Green

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

Photo of Jay O. Sanders as Narrator (voice)

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

Photo of Alisdair Simpson as Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson

Narrator (voice)

Photo of Leon Ockenden as Vasily Arkhipov

Leon Ockenden

Vasily Arkhipov

Photo of Martin McDougall as Submarine Captain

Martin McDougall

Submarine Captain

Photo of Vasili Arkhipov as Self (archive footage)

Vasili Arkhipov

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

Photo of John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

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