

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.
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
User score
257 votes


Released
October 26, 1964
2h 21m
English, Russian, Spanish
Budget → Revenue
$600K → —

Sergio Corrieri
Alberto

Salvador Wood
Mariano
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
Mario González Broche
Pablo
Tony López
Héctor Castañeda
Rosendo Lamadriz
Roberto Villar
Roberto Cabrera
Alfredo Ávila