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Che, Today and Always
1983
as Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Also known as: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Acting
Born:August 13, 1926
Died:November 25, 2016(aged 90)
Birthplace:Birán, Cuba
Nationality:Cuba
Education:University of Havana, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. Born in Birán, Oriente, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962. Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the Western Hemisphere. Policies introducing central economic planning and expanding healthcare and education were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Grenada, as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and Cuba's medical internationalism, increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "pink tide" – namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela – and formed the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (116 movies)
10.0
10.0
Laissez-faire
2015
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
7.8
A Grin Without a Cat
1977
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.7
7.7
The Fog of War
2003
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.6
7.6
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
¡Cuba Sí!
1961
as Self - Cuban Politician (uncredited)
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7.6
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
2012
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
The War on Democracy
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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Cuba and the Cameraman
2017
as Self
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7.4
Another Day of Life
2018
as Himself (archive footage)
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7.4
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium
2019
as Self (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Hello Cubans
1963
as Self (uncredited)
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7.3
Castro: The World's Most Watched Man
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
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Nobody
2017
as Himself
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I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
2005
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The Hour of the Furnaces
1968
as Self (archive footage)
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7.1
Becoming Cousteau
2021
as Self (archive footage)
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The Padilla Affair
2023
as Self (archive footage)
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Far from Vietnam
1967
as Self (segment "Fidel Castro")
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RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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The Man Who Saved the World
2012
as Self (archive footage)
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537 Votes
2020
as Self (archive footage)
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General Idi Amin Dada
1974
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ethel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
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The Society of the Spectacle
1974
as Self (archive footage)
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Salvador Allende
2004
as Self (archive footage)
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Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution
2004
as Self
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Comandante
2003
as Self
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Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
1971
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Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
2003
as Self
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Elián
2017
as himself
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The Mayor
2012
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Yanki No!
1960
as Self
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Cuban Rafters
2002
as Self (archive footage)
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638 Ways to Kill Castro
2006
as Self (archive footage)
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Naqoyqatsi
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
2013
as Self (archive footage)
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Did the Mob Kill JFK?
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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Chile: A Genral Record
1986
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Oswald's Ghost
2007
as Self (archive footage)
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The JFK Conspiracy
1992
as Self
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Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P
2019
as Self (archive footage)
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Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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And Heaven Was Taken by Storm
1973
as Self
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South of the Border
2009
as Self (archive footage)
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Looking for Fidel
2004
as Self
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Memories of Overdevelopment
2011
as Self (archive footage)
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Waiting for Fidel
1975
as Self
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El Che
2017
as Self (archive footage)
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On Company Business
1980
as Self - Prime Minister of Cuba (archive footage)
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Muerte al invasor
1962
as Self (archive footage)
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Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
2001
as Self (archive footage)
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My Brother, Fidel
1977
as Self
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Castro in Winter
2012
as Self
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I Am a Son of America
1972
as Él mismo
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Report on Brazil: Carlos Marighella
1970
as Himself (archive footage)
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The Necessary War
1980
as Himself
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General Assembly
1960
as Fidel Castro
4.8
4.8
Improper Conduct
1984
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
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Fidel
1971
as Self
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The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1.9
1.9
Cuban Rebel Girls
1959
as Self (uncredited)
Germán Araújo
TBA
as Himself (archival footage)
Two Meetings and a Funeral
2017
Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis
2016
as Himself (Archive Footage)
Being Fidel Castro
2010
as Himself (archive footage)
Mission Mind Control
1979
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991
as Himself
Kordavision: The man who shot Che Guevara
2005
The First Year
1972
as Self
Lejos de la isla
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
The Cuban Game
2001
as Himself (footage)
Fidel Racconta il Che
1987
as Himself
Un Giorno con Fidel
2007
as Himself
Cuba 30 Anni Dopo
1990
as Himself
Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico
1995
Looking for Fidel
2006
as Himself
El Diálogo de América
1972
as Él mismo
Celia - la más hermosa flor
2015
Angola: The War
2017
as Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage)
Santiago Files
2011
as Self (archive footage)
The CIA's War Against Cuba
1987
Cuba, un aller et un retour
2018
as Himself (archive footage)
Cuba, el valor de una utopía
2006
as Himself
Brascuba
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers
2019
as Self (archive footage)
American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Chile, el gran desafío
1973
as Self
Assassinating Franco
2016
as Self
A History of an Assignment
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Historien ska frikänna mig
2016
as Self
CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army
1977
as Self
Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship
2016
as Himself
The Uncompromising Revolution
1988
as Self
Cuba and Fidel
1974
as Self
CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism
2010
as Himself
Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
1984
as Self (archive footage)
Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959
TBA
Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Kubánske otázniky
2000
as archívne zábery
Compromiso con Chile
1972
Revolution's Daughter
TBA
as Self (archive footage)
Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986
The Queen and the Prime Ministers
2024
as Sig selv (arkiv)
8A
1993
as Self
Island Ablazed
1961
as Self
Venceremos, solidaridad
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Che Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre
2003
Hồ Chí Minh - Portrait of A Man
1990
as Self (archival footage)
The Exploitation of Man by Man
1972
as Self
Året var 1958
2008
as Self (archive footage)
El día más largo
2011
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe
2017
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
2025
as Self (Archive Footage)
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