The Man Who Saved the World

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.

• Documentary
• History
• War

Cast

• Jay O. SandersNarrator (voice)
• Alisdair SimpsonNarrator (voice)
• Leon OckendenVasily Arkhipov
• Martin McDougallSubmarine Captain
• Vasili ArkhipovSelf (archive footage)
• Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)
• John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)
• Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)