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Che: Part One 2008 Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man.

The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Country USA
Production Countries France , Spain , USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Spanish
Budget $58,000,000
Release Date 5 September 2008
134 mins
Cast
Benicio del Toro Ernesto Che Guevara
Demián Bichir Fidel Castro
Santiago Cabrera Camilo Cienfuegos
Vladimir Cruz Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Alfredo de Quesada Israel Pardo
Jsu Garcia Jorge Sotus
Kahlil Méndez Leonardo Tamayo Núñez
Elvira Mínguez Celia Sánchez
Andres Munar Joel Iglesias Leyva
Julia Ormond Lisa Howard
Jorge Perugorría Vilo (Juan Vitalo Acuña)
Edgar Ramírez Ciro Redondo García
Victor Rasuk Rogelio Acevedo
Othello Rensoli Pombo (Harry Villegas)
Armando Riesco Benigno (Dariel Alarcón Ramírez)
Roberto Santana Juan Almeida
Norman Santiago Tuma (Carlos Coello)
Rodrigo Santoro Raúl Castro
Unax Ugalde Vaquerito
Roberto Urbina Guile Pardo
Yul Vazquez Alejandro Ramirez
Oscar Isaac U.N. Interpreter
Pablo Guevara Dinner Guest #1
Franklin Díaz Dinner Guest #2
Armando Suárez Cobián Dinner Guest #3
Mateo Gómez Cuban Diplomat #1
Jose Caro Esteban
Pedro Adorno Epifanío Díaz
Marisé Álvarez Vilma Espín
Christian Nieves Oñate Cantinflás
Liddy Paoli Lopez Quike Escalona
Francisco Cabrera Rebel Guide
Pedro Telémaco Eligio Mendoza
Io Bottoms Make-Up Artist
Manuel Cabral Cuban Man at Bar #1
Oscar A. Colon Cuban Man at Bar #2
Sam Robards Tad Szulc
Jay Potter Richard Hottelet
Stephen Mailer Paul Niven
René Lavan Cuban Diplomat #2
Georgina Borri Old Woman #1
Xavier Morales Esteban's Accomplice
Jon DeVries Sen. Eugene McCarthy
Leslie Lyles Partygoer #1
Meg Gibson Partygoer #2
Alex Manette Partygoer #3
Elvis Nolasco Partygoer #4
Sheridan Lowell Partygoer #5
Eugenio Monclova Emilio Cabrera
Jose A. Nieves Dr. Julio Martínez Páez
Luis Gonzaga Hernandez Lalo Sardiñas
Joksan Ramos Raúl Chibás
Javier Ortiz Felipe Pazos
Luis Rosario Rebel Luis
Oscar De La Fe Colon Bazooka Guy #1
Luis Arriaga Bazooka Guy #2
P.J. Benjamin Captain Stanton
Al Espinosa Angry Demonstrator #1
Ana Maria Andricain Angry Demonstrator #2
Michael Countryman U.S. Ambassador Stevenson
Jorge Armando Enrique Acevedo
Aris Mejias Carmen
Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz Ventriloquist (Albertico)
Victoria Espinosa Old Woman #2
Joe Urla Nicaragua Ambassador
Diego Arria Venezuela Ambassador
Omar Rodríguez Panama Ambassador
Eduardo Cortés Sánchez Mosquera
Joaquín Méndez Faustino Pérez
Pablo Venegas Colón René Ramos Latour
Jerry Nelson Soto Nico Torres
José Brocco Ovidio Díaz Rodríguez
Juan Carlos Arvelo Rolando Cubela
Yamil Collazo Enrique Oltuski
Alejandro Carpio Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo
Andres Santiago Bravo Hermes Peña Torres
Aurelio Lima Victor Bordón Machado
Alba Caraballo Aleida's Friend
Doel Alicea Oltuski's Messenger
Rafa Alvarez Lieutenant Pérez Valencia
José Cotté Dr. Fernández Mell
Naya Tanya Rivera Woman in Crowd
Néstor Rodulfo Miguel (Manuel Hernández Osorio)
Luis Alberto García Colonel Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy
Teófilo Torres Colonel Hernández
Ernesto Ruiz Faxas Fernández Suero
Ricardo Álvarez Antonio Jiménez
Miguel Rodarte Man with Sledgehammer
Rafael Simón Rebel Messenger #2
Bruno Bichir Colonel Rojas
Gerardo Albarrán Police Officer
Guillermo Ríos Comandante Gómez Calderón
Victor Angulo Villacis Red Cross Worker
Fernando Gutiérrez Vargas Aide to Hernández
Ramiro Garza Balboa Man Greeting Che
Carmen Mahiques Cook at Cuban Embassy
Jorge Alberti Soldier Hector (uncredited)
Fernando Arroyo Soldier (uncredited)
Javier Bellido Cintrón Soldier Jose (uncredited)
Lou D'Amato U.N. Delegate (uncredited)
Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz Wounded Rebel (uncredited)
Dave Dyshuk Press Photogropher (uncredited)
Jonathan Fret Aleida's Companion (uncredited)
Brian Hopson U.N. Delegate (uncredited)
Rebecca Merle Protestor at United Nations (uncredited)
Jean Pierre Prats Soldier (uncredited)
Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff U.N. Protester (uncredited)
Ektor Rivera Batista Soldier (uncredited)
Kent Sladyk Romanian Diplomat at U.N. (uncredited)
Susie Stewart Rubio Protester (uncredited)
Guillermo Valedón David Salvador (uncredited)
Gerardo José Vega Cuban Rebel (uncredited)
Tania Vega Juan Carlos Esteves's Daughter (uncredited)
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