Story of how one night in 1983, a little known Russian, called Colonel Stanislav Petrov, saved the world from nuclear annihilation. As he modestly puts it, he was in the right place at the right time.The documentary covers both the story of how he managed to avoid nuclear war in the face of overwhelming evidence that the US had launched five missiles at the USSR as well his current life including a tour of the US where he is feted by celebrities and his estrangement with his mother.
Modern Petrov comes across as a real life Ove - thoughtful and retiring at times, bitterly angry and rudely suspicious at others - and not without reason.
Verdict: Insightful Cold-War story
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