The Man Who Saved the World

The film tells the amazing story of Lt. Colonel Stanislav E. Petrov, formerly of the Soviet Army – a man who held the fate of the world in his hands for a few crucial minutes in history one night in 1983.

When an alarm went off saying that five American nuclear missiles had been launched against the Soviet Union, he followed his gut feeling and went against orders convincing the armed forces that the threat was a false alarm – hereby saving the world from a nuclear holocaust.

Two decades later, the forgotten hero goes on a spectacular journey to the United States, where his historical deed is finally recognised and appreciated, and meets the Americans who were once his enemies.