Four vignettes on the lives of the Cuban people in the pre-revolutionary era. In Havana, Maria is ashamed when a man she loves discovers how she makes a living. Pedro, an old farmer, discovers that the land he cultivates is being sold to an American company. A student sees his friends attacked by the police while they distribute leaflets supporting Fidel Castro. Finally, a peasant family is threatened by Batista's army.
Enrique Pineda Barnet | Writer |
Yevgeny Yevtushenko | Writer |
Sergei Urusevsky | Cinematography |
Yevgeni Svidetelev | Production Design |
Mikhail Kalatozov | Director |
René Portocarrero | Costume Designer |
Luz M. Cáceres | Makeup Artist |
Vera Rudina | Makeup Artist |
Nina Glagoleva | Editor |
Enrique Fong | Special Effects |