The Man Who Saved the World (2012)
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.
- Released
- 2012-10-22
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Nick Green
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Jay O. Sanders as Narrator (voice)
- Alisdair Simpson as Narrator (voice)
- Leon Ockenden as Vasily Arkhipov
- Martin McDougall as Submarine Captain
- Vasili Arkhipov as Self (archive footage)
- Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)
- John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
- Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage)
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