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Genre | Biographical drama |
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Screenplay by | Stephen Tolkin |
Directed by | David Attwood |
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Music by | John Altman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | David V. Picker |
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Cinematography | Checco Varese |
Editor | Milton Moses Ginsberg |
Running time | 200 minutes (2 parts) |
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Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | January 27 January 28, 2002 | –
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Fidel, titled onscreen as ¡Fidel!, is a 2002 American biographical drama television film directed by David Attwood about the Cuban Revolution and political career of Fidel Castro, played by Víctor Huggo Martin. Gael García Bernal, Patricia Velásquez, Cecilia Suárez, Manuel Sevilla, and Maurice Compte also star. The screenplay by Stephen Tolkin is based on two biographies of Castro: Guerilla Prince: The Untold Story of Fidel Castro (1991) by Georgie Anne Geyer, and Fidel Castro (1993) by Robert E. Quirk. The film aired on Showtime in two parts, on January 27 and 28, 2002. The total duration of the film is 200 minutes, but the video version is shorter. García Bernal would reprise his role as Che Guevara in the 2004 feature film The Motorcycle Diaries.