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The Man Who Saved the World

2012

53 minutes

DocumentaryHistoryWar

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.

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Jay O. Sanders headshot

Jay O. Sanders

Narrator (voice)

Alisdair Simpson headshot

Alisdair Simpson

Narrator (voice)

Leon Ockenden headshot

Leon Ockenden

Vasily Arkhipov

Martin McDougall headshot

Martin McDougall

Submarine Captain

Vasili Arkhipov headshot

Vasili Arkhipov

Self (archive footage)

Fidel Castro headshot

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy headshot

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev headshot

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)