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The Man Who Saved the World

2012· 0h 53m

DocumentaryHistoryWar

Directed by Nick Green

8.0/ 10

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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

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)

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