Acting
Ángel Espasande
Born August 7, 1921 · Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died January 1, 1999 · aged 77
No biography available.
Known For
Mella · 1975Mella
1975
MovieDramaHistory
Experimental historical film, with documentary elements. A study of the conceptual development of the young hero Julio Antonio Mella, founder of the Communist Party of Cuba, from the process of the Student Reforms to his assassination in Mexico at the age of 25, in the arms of the Italian photographer Tina Modotti.
Caste of Oak · 1954Caste of Oak
1954
Movie
A young woman from the country has a son from a young man of a rich family. The rich grandfather of the man, owner of the farm, takes the child away to educate him. A few years later the young woman marries a poor farmer. She rejects the child she has with him and only understands she loves him when the rival brothers fight against each other in a duel.
The Serious Press · 1960The Serious Press
1960
MovieAnimation
The first Cuban animated short-film produced by the ICAIC on 1960, directed by the Cuban animation pioneer Jesus de Armas. Denounces the manipulation of information of the so-called "serious" newspapers of the time.
The Survivors · 1979The Survivors
★ 7.41979
MovieDramaComedy
A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery."
Cuba '58 · 1962Cuba '58
★ 9.01962
MovieDrama
Three stories reconstructing the start of the triumphant Cuban revolution which deposed Batista.
El joven rebelde · 1961El joven rebelde
★ 6.51961
MovieDrama
Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra.