

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)
Full Cast & Characters
Director & Crew
Michael Rubbo
Director
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Waiting for Fidel was directed by Michael Rubbo and released in 1975.
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Waiting for Fidel has a runtime of 0 hours and 57 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1975-11-14
- Status
- Released





