The Man Who Saved the World
2013 · Movie · 120 min · ★ 6.8 · 62% critics
This documentary follows a former Soviet air defense officer whose split-second judgment during a tense Cold War moment may have helped avert catastrophe. Through interviews and reenactments, it explores the weight of responsibility, the fragility of global safety, and how quiet acts of courage can go largely unnoticed.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2014-08-13
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (57 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to real-world history and reflective documentaries like Pavarotti or Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot; Not for you if you want a tightly focused, fast-paced, straight documentary.
Pros: fascinating real-life incident; thought-provoking nuclear themes; strong core material | Cons: uneven focus choices; docu-drama mishmash; slow and boring
Themes
- nuclear war
- cold war
- biography
- nuclear weapons
Cast & crew
Stanislav Petrov
as Self
Kevin Costner
as Self
Sergey Shnyryov
as Stanislav Petrov
Nataliya Vdovina
as Raia
Walter Cronkite
as Self
Oleg Kassin
as Major Orlov
- GK
Galina Kalinina
as Self
Robert De Niro
as Self
Matt Damon
as Self
Ashton Kutcher
as Self
Directed by Peter Anthony