The Man Who Saved the World (2014)

Directed by

Peter Anthony

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

Latvia, Russia, Denmark, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet officer who prevented a nuclear disaster in 1983. It follows his past decision and his later life.

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What happens

The Man Who Saved the World is a 2013 feature-length Danish documentary film by filmmaker Peter Anthony about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces and his role in preventing the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident from leading to nuclear holocaust. The film premiered in October 2014 at the Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, New York, winning; "Honorable Mention: Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature" and "Honorable Mention: James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Narrative Feature." On 22 February 2018 the film premiered in Russia at the Documentary Film Center in Moscow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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