The Man who Saved the World - wikipedia The Man who Saved the World This article is about the 2014 documentary film. For the 1982 Turkish action film, see Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam. For the Secrets of the Dead episode, see Secrets of the Dead § Season 11 ( 2012 ). This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( February 2014 ) The Man Who Saved the World Cinema poster Directed by Peter Anthony Produced by Jakob Staberg Written by Peter Anthony Starring Stanislav Petrov Sergey Shnyryov Music by Kristian Eidnes Andersen Cinematography Kim Hattesen Anders Löfstedt Edited by Morten Højbjerg Release date 14 October 2014 ( 2014 - 10 - 14 ) ( Woodstock Film Festival ) 7 November 2014 ( 2014 - 11 - 07 ) ( CPH : DOX ) Country Denmark Language English and Russian The Man Who Saved the World is a 2014 feature - length Danish documentary film by film maker 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. '' Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Production notes 3 Awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Synopsis See also : 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident On 26 September 1983, the computers in the Serpukhov - 15 bunker outside Moscow, which housed the command centre of the Soviet early warning satellite system, twice reported that American intercontinental ballistic missiles were heading toward the Soviet Union. Stanislav Petrov, who was duty officer that night, suspected that the system was malfunctioning and managed to convince his superiors of the same thing. He argued that if the Americans were going to attack pre-emptively they would do so with more than just five missiles, and that it was best to wait for ground radar confirmation before launching a counter-attack. Production notes In the film, footage of Petrov today is intertwined with re-enactments of the dramatic moments in 1983. Sergey Shnyryov plays Petrov in the re-enactments. Peter Anthony made the film over a decade ; the process was difficult because of Petrov 's reluctance to open up. Anthony said : `` He is quite difficult to work with, as in his day, you could still go to the gulag for disclosing unauthorised information, and as an ex-soldier, he was n't really interested in discussing his personal feelings. That though, is the beauty of the story. '' Awards 2013 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Nominated, Best International Documentary 2014 CPH : DOX Nominated, Politiken 's Audience Award Nominated, Nordic Dox Award Woodstock Film Festival Won, Honorable Mention : Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Won, Honorable Mention : James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Narrative Feature Nominated, Jury Prize : Best Narrative Feature 2015 Nordisk Panorama Nominated, Nordic Documentary Film Award Sunscreen Film Festival, US Won, Festival Prize : Best Feature Film 2016 Robert Festival / Danish Film Academy Award Won, Robert : Best Documentary ( Årets dokumentarfilm ) Nominated, Robert : Best Original Score ( Årets score ) Nominated, Audience Award Bodil Awards / Danish Film Critics Award Won, Bodil : Best Documentary ( Bedste dokumentarfilm ) See also Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval officer who refused to launch a nuclear torpedo during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis List of nuclear close calls References Jump up ^ `` 2014 Woodstock Film Festival Honors Darren Aronofsky, Announces Audience Awards ''. Indiewire. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2015. Jump up ^ `` Sergey Shnyryov ''. IMDb. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 20. Jump up ^ `` How did one grumpy Russian halt armageddon ? ''. The Daily Telegraph. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 30. External links Official website : themanwhosavedtheworldmovie.com The Man Who Saved the World on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Man_Who_Saved_the_World&oldid=808481173 '' Categories : 2014 films 2010s documentary films 2012 films English - language films Documentary films about the Cold War American documentary films American films Hidden categories : Articles lacking in - text citations from February 2014 All articles lacking in - text citations Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Français 日本 語 Русский Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 3 November 2017, at 03 : 23. About Wikipedia

Question: who was the man who saved the world
Answer: Stanislav Petrov