DVD
The man who saved the world
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrator, Liev Schreiber.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution, c2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
This film 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 2012 as an episode of the television series Secrets of the dead.