The man who saved the world [(DVD) videorecording] / a Bedlam Production for Thirteen in association with WNET and Channel 1 Russia ; director, Nick Green.
Originally shown as an episode on the television program Secrets of the Dead on PBS.
Performer
Liev Schreiber, narrator.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
This episode explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster.