Fidel (2001)
- Starring:
- Vlasta Vrana
- Director(s):
- Estela Bravo
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Fidel
Fidel Castro is one of the world's best known and most recognizable political leaders, but he is also among the most mysterious. While Castro became a household name after overthrowing the rule of Fulgenico Batista and became the head of Cuba's new socialist government, little is known of his private life or the man behind the façade of his shaggy beard and omnipresent cigar. Fidel is a documentary by filmmaker Estela Bravo, who combines vintage newsreel footage with exclusive recent interviews which offer an insight into both Castro the leader, struggling to face the political and economic realities of the post-Soviet global environment, and Castro the man, as he tours his childhood home, goes swimming, and visits with his friends. Fidel also includes interviews with people who know or have met Castro, including Nelson Mandela, Muhammed Ali, Harry Belafonte, Alice Walker, Ted Turner, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 91 mins
Complete Cast of Fidel
- Vlasta Vrana - Narrator
- Harry Belafonte - Himself
- Nelson Mandela - Himself
- Maj. Clark Ramsey - Himself
- Muhammad Ali - Himself
- Fidel Castro
- Sydney Pollack - Himself
- Director(s):
- Estela Bravo
- Producer(s):
- Silvia Steven
- Categories:
- Documentary
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