TMDb Rating
5.8/10
4 verified votes
Waiting for Fidel (1975)
Documentary
57 min
Plot Summary
This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What happens while the crew awaits its star shows a good deal of the new Cuba, and also of the three Canadians who chose to film the island. (NFB)
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Keywords to include
DocumentaryMichael RubboGeoff StirlingFidel Castro1975
Director
Michael Rubbo
Top Cast
Geoff StirlingFidel CastroErich HoneckerBernabe OrdezMichael Rubbo
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