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The Man Who Saved the World(2012)

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2012-10-22

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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end of the world
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armageddon
cuban missile crisis
world war iii
nuclear submarine

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Top Cast

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)