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THE CUBA LIBRE STORY - FROM COLUMBUS TO CHE AND CASTRO
series in eight parts
a film by Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio
THE CUBA LIBRE STORY - FROM COLUMBUS TO CHE AND CASTRO
Germany | 2016 | 416:00 min
Formal CategoriesHistory Conflicts Human Rights
Content CategoriesDocumentary
SYNOPSIS
The titles of the episodes are: Breaking Chains | War and Sugar | Ganster’s Paradise | A Ragtag Revolution | Making Heroes | Of Soviets and Saviors | Secrets and Sacrifices | Moments of Transition
8x45mins or 8x52mins | HD | DVD | Blu-ray | VOD | German, French or English version
CAST AND CREWDirector Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio
The Cuba Libre Story
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Genre | Documentary |
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No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
Production company | LOOKSfilm |
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Original network | Netflix |
Original release | December 8, 2016 |
The Cuba Libre Story is a documentary series that portrays the history of Cuba from colonial times to 2015.[1] The eight-part series was released on Netflix on December 11, 2015.[2]
For The Cuba Libre Story, more than 50 international Cuba experts and contemporary witnesses were interviewed - both supporters and opponents of Fidel Castro and his predecessor Fulgencio Batista. Among them are Cuba's former intelligence chief Juan Antonio Rodríguez Menier and KGB Latin America chief Nikolai Leonov, Che Guevara's comrade Dariel Alarcón and CIA agent Félix Rodríguez, Fidel Castro's former lover Marita Lorenz and his former bodyguard Carlos Calvo, the stepdaughter of mafia boss Meyer Lansky, Cuba's famous novelist Leonardo Padura and the last Head of State of the GDR and personal friend of the Castro brothers, Egon Krenz.[3]
Episodes[edit]
No. | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Breaking Chains" | December 11, 2015 |
2 | "War and Sugar" | December 11, 2015 |
3 | "Gangster's Paradise" | December 11, 2015 |
4 | "A Ragtag Revolution" | December 11, 2015 |
5 | "Making Heroes" | December 11, 2015 |
6 | "Of Soviets and Saviors" | December 11, 2015 |
7 | "Secrets and Sacrifices" | December 11, 2015 |
8 | "Moments of Transition" | December 11, 2015 |
References[edit]
- ^ "The Cuba Libre Story". Netflix Media Center. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "'The Cuba Libre Story' Leaving Netflix in December 2021". What's on Netflix. November 8, 2021.
- ^ "The Cuba Libre Story". LOOKSfilm. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
External links[edit]
The Cuba Libre Story
2015 | Maturity rating:M | 1 season | Political Documentaries
This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
The Cuba Libre Story (Trailer)
Episodes
The Cuba Libre Story
Limited Series
Release year: 2015
This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
1. Breaking Chains 52m
After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.
2. War and Sugar 53m
Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.
3. Gangster's Paradise 52m
A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.
4. A Ragtag Revolution 53m
On New Year's Day 1959, rebel guerillas led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara succeed in toppling the corrupt, dictatorial rule of Batista.
5. Making Heroes 53m
Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.
6. Of Soviets and Saviors 53m
When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.
7. Secrets and Sacrifices51m
Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.
8. Moments of Transition 52m
In the post-Soviet world, the Castros find mutual support in Venezuela, but the Cold War's conclusion brings the country's isolationism to an end.
The Cuba Libre Story Limited Series
1. 사슬 끊기 52m
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