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The Man Who Saved the World

2012 · 53 min · Documentary · History · War

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.

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Creators

Nick Green — Director

Top cast

Jay O. Sanders portraitJay O. SandersNarrator (voice)Alisdair Simpson portraitAlisdair SimpsonNarrator (voice)Leon Ockenden portraitLeon OckendenVasily ArkhipovMartin McDougall portraitMartin McDougallSubmarine CaptainVasili Arkhipov portraitVasili ArkhipovSelf (archive footage)Fidel Castro portraitFidel CastroSelf (archive footage)John F. Kennedy portraitJohn F. KennedySelf (archive footage)Nikita Khrushchev portraitNikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)

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