CinemaOSMovie · 2012 · 0h 53m

The Man Who Saved the World

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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.

Directed byNick Green

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 53m
Language
EN
Released
October 22, 2012

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
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)

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Nick Green
Written by
Nick Green

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