Secrets of the Dead The Man Who Saved the World (Season 12, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

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Secrets of the Dead

The Man Who Saved the World (Season 12, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 55 min | Documentary, History, War

How, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a Soviet submarine fleet commander and K-19 survivor, Vasili Arkhipov, kept his cool under enormous pressure and prevented his men from starting WWIII after being surrounded by the US fleet.

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Jay O. Sanders Narrator Narrator See fewer	The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Viktor Mikhailov Self - Junior Navigator, B59 Submarine Self - Junior Navigator, B59 Submarine See fewer	Secrets of the Dead (2000)
Olga Arkhipova Self - Wife of Vasili Arkhipov Self - Wife of Vasili Arkhipov See fewer	Two Women (2014)
Andy Bradick Self - Anti-submarine Warfare Officer, USS Cony (as Andrew Bradick) Self - Anti-submarine Warfare Officer, USS Cony (as Andrew Bradick) See fewer	Secrets of the Dead (2000)
Gary Slaughter Self - Communications Officer, USS Cony Self - Communications Officer, USS Cony See fewer	Never Forget the Brave (2012)
Thomas S. Blanton Self - Director, National Security Archive (as Thomas Blanton) Self - Director, National Security Archive (as Thomas Blanton) See fewer	History Declassified: Nixon in China (2004)
Ryurik Ketov Self - Captain, B4 Submarine Self - Captain, B4 Submarine See fewer	Secrets of the Dead (2000)
John G. Stoessinger Self - White House Advisor (as John Stoessinger) Self - White House Advisor (as John Stoessinger) See fewer	Secrets of the Dead (2000)
Leon Ockenden Vasili Arkhipov Vasili Arkhipov See fewer	The Lair (2022)
Martin McDougall Submarine Captain Submarine Captain See fewer	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Lachlan McCall Leoneko Leoneko See fewer	Life Just Is (2012)
Simon Jones Actor Actor See fewer	The Price to Pay (2008)
Shonn Gregory Actor Actor See fewer	The Man Who Stopped WW3: Revealed/the Man Who Saved the World (2012)
Michael Koltes Actor Actor See fewer	The Passport (2017)
Vasili Arkhipov Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Hour Has Seven Days (1964)
Vadim Orlov Self - Radio operator, B-59 (archive footage) Self - Radio operator, B-59 (archive footage) See fewer