The Man Who Saved the World

Nan
0h 53m
2012
7 /10 (1)

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.

Country : Not Available
Languages : English, Pусский
Released Date: 2012-10-22

Top Billed Cast

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson

Narrator (voice)

Leon Ockenden

Vasily Arkhipov

Martin McDougall

Submarine Captain

Vasili Arkhipov

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

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