The Man Who Saved the World

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.

Top 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)