Waiting for Fidel (1974)

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)

Genre: Documentary

Country: Canada | Cuba  

themoviedb.org: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/163346

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196195/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Michael Rubbo

Cast:

Fidel Castro

Erich Honecker

Bernabe Ordez

Michael Rubbo

Joey Smallwood

Geoff Stirling

Himself (radio, TV station owner)

Fidel Castro

Himself (with Erich Honecker)

Erich Honecker

Himself (with Fidel Castro)

Bernabe Ordez

Himself (doctor, friend of Castro)

Michael Rubbo

Himself

Joey Smallwood

Himself