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Released
1964 · FILM

I Am Cuba

As Cuba's revolution ignites, four lives collide with the tides of change—one woman's desire for luxury clashes with revolutionary ideals, a farmer rebels against oppression, and students and peasants find themselves swept into a nation's upheaval.

Directed by
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
Written by
Enrique Pineda Barnet, Yevgeniy Yevtushenko
Runtime
141 min
Language
ES
Drama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Set in and around Havana, this study in contrasts examines Cuba's 1959 revolution through multiple perspectives. 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, by attacking the land he works. University students gain first-hand knowledge of political upheaval, while, in the hills outside the city, the members of a poor peasant family are patriotically swept up into the burgeoning revolt.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Nina GlagolevaShot by Sergey UrusevskiyScored by Carlos FarinasDesigned by Evgeniy Svidetelev

Box Office

1964 · Box office

Produced on a $600K budget

Production budget

$600K

Also known as

  • Ich bin Kubade
  • I Am Cubaen
  • Je suis Cubafr

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