Documentary ·History ·War · 2012 · 53m

The Man Who Saved the World

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Director
Nick Green
Cast
Jay O. Sanders as Narrator (voice) Alisdair Simpson as Narrator (voice) Leon Ockenden as Vasily Arkhipov Martin McDougall as Submarine Captain Vasili Arkhipov as Self (archive footage) Fidel Castro as Self (archive footage)
Crew
Nick Green — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
heronuclear warsubmarinecold warworld war iisoviet unionnuclear missileend of the worldapocalypsearmageddoncuban missile crisisworld war iii
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