Fidel

Jan 27, 2002

3h 25m

★ 5.1

Some would betray him. Others would never forgive him. No one will ever forget him.

Overview

Centered on the six years before the fall of Batista's dictatorship and the subsequent 40 years of the Cuban Revolution.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Showtime Networks

Fidel Trailers

Cast

Fidel Castro

Víctor Huggo Martin

Che Guevara

Gael García Bernal

Mirta

Patricia Velásquez

Celia Sanchez

Cecilia Suárez

Raul Castro

Maurice Compte

Renato Guitart

Diego Luna

Aged Fidel Castro

Honorato Magaloni

Gen. Fulgencio Battista

Tony Plana

Huber Matos

Ernesto Godoy

Universo Sanchez

Guillermo Díaz

Calixto Morales

Mel Rodriguez

Faustino Perez

Bobby Plasencia

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