I Am Cuba

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.

Release Date

Oct 26, 1964

Runtime

2h 21m

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

Original Title

Soy Cuba

Country

Cuba, Soviet Union

Company

ICAIC, Mosfilm

Budget

$600,000