I Am Cuba

1964 · 2h20 · Film

Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Starring Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo, Raúl García, Luz María Collazo, Jean Bouise, Alberto Morgan, Fausto Mirabal, Roberto García York, María de las Mercedes Díez

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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.

Original title

Soy Cuba

Original language

Spanish

Country

Cuba, Russia

Screenplay

Enrique Pineda Barnet, Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Music

Carlos Fariñas

Cinematography

Sergei Urusevsky

Cast

Raúl García, Luz María Collazo, Jean Bouise, Alberto Morgan, Fausto Mirabal, Roberto García York, María de las Mercedes Díez

Updated August 14, 2026

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