Few people know of him... Yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him. The actions of Stanislav Petrov, a retired Soviet military officer, prevented the start of a worldwide nuclear war and the devastation of much of the Earth. Read more …
The extraordinary true story of the Russian colonel who decided not to launch a retaliatory strike when it appeared that US missiles were on their way.
Why does everything in this film feel artificial and played for the camera?
The contrived blurring of doc and drama mars this account of Stanislav Petrov’s role in averting a nuclear catastrophe.
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