I Am Cuba

Story

Synopsis

A study in contrasts set in and around Havana that explores Cuba's 1959 revolution: a young woman's fascination with the excess of an American-owned casino leads to her downfall in the eyes of her street vendor boyfriend; a tenant farmer revolts the only way he knows how, attacking the land he works; university students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval; and, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

Writers

Nina Glagoleva, Enrique Pineda Barnet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Country

Cuba, Soviet Union

Release date

26 October 1964

Budget

$600,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Sergio Corrieri

  Alberto

• José Gallardo

  Pedro

• Raúl García

  Enrique

• Luz María Collazo

  Maria / Betty

• 

  Jean Bouise

  Jim

• Alberto Morgan

  Ángel

• Fausto Mirabal

• Roberto García York

  American Activist

• María de las Mercedes Díez

• Bárbara Domínguez

• Jesús del Monte

• Luisa María Jiménez Rodríquez

  Teresa