---
title: 'The Man Who Saved the World (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Anthony'
released: '2014-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Latvia'
  - 'Russia'
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-man-who-saved-the-world-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277106/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Man Who Saved the World (2014)

2014 · 105 min · Documentary, History · Latvia, Russia, Denmark, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Anthony](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-anthony)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kristian Eidnes Andersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristian-eidnes-andersen)

## Cast

- [Robert De Niro](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-de-niro)
- [Walter Cronkite](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-cronkite)
- [Sergey Shnyryov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-shnyryov)
- [Kevin Costner](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-costner)
- [Ashton Kutcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashton-kutcher)
- [Natalia Vdovina](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalia-vdovina)
- [Baiba Broka](https://cinepixo.com/people/baiba-broka)
- [Matt Damon](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-damon)
- [Stanislav Petrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-petrov)

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