A documentary film about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces.
Acting
Reenactments capture Petrov's crushing isolation—Sergey Shnyryov's eyes alone.
Direction
Anthony weaves archival dread with intimate present-day Petrov footage.
Director
Peter Anthony
Stanislav Petrov
Self
Kevin Costner
Self
Sergey Shnyryov
Stanislav Petrov
Nataliya Vdovina
Raia
Walter Cronkite
Self
Oleg Kassin
Major Orlov
Robert De Niro
Self
Matt Damon
Self
Ashton Kutcher
Self
Vilis Daudziņš
Main Control Operative: Visual Channel
Girts Jakovlevs
Col. General Votintsev
Igor Filippov
Main Control Operative
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Petrov's 1983 incident remained classified until 1993; he lived in obscurity on a tiny pension until this film.
The 'Doomsday Machine' logic in Dr. Strangelove was real—Petrov faced exactly that scenario, alone, at 44.
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