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Fidel Castro
**Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz** was born on *13 August 1926* in the modest farm of Birán, Oriente, Cuba, the son of Spanish immigrant Ángel Castro y Argiz and his house‑maid Lina Ruz. After a childhood marked by school in Santiago de Cuba and later at Havana’s prestigious Colegio de Belén, he enrolled at the University of Havana to study law, where his activism blossomed. Influenced by José Martí, anti‑imperialist sentiment, and the writings of Marx and Lenin, Castro helped found the *26th of July Movement* following a failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks. Imprisoned for a year, he used the trial to articulate his vision in the famous “History Will Absolve Me” speech, and after his 1955 release he fled to Mexico, where he met Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and organized the Granma expedition that returned to Cuba in 1956. The guerrilla war in the Sierra Maestra culminated in the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in January 1959, after which Castro assumed the roles of Prime Minister and later President, consolidating a one‑party Marxist‑Leninist state. His tenure saw sweeping agrarian reforms, the nationalization of foreign‑owned enterprises, massive expansions in education and health care, and the establishment of a pervasive security apparatus including the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution.
Internationally, Castro positioned Cuba as a champion of anti‑imperialism, aligning with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, surviving the Bay of Pigs invasion, and playing a central role in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. He supported revolutionary movements across Africa, Latin America, and Asia, sending troops to Angola, Ethiopia, and Grenada, while also pioneering Cuban medical diplomacy that sent doctors worldwide. Domestically, his policies produced notable achievements in literacy, infant mortality reduction, and universal health coverage, yet were accompanied by political repression, censorship, and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Cubans. In 2006, deteriorating health led him to transfer power to his brother Raúl, officially stepping down as President in 2008. Fidel Castro died on *25 November 2016* in Havana, leaving a legacy that remains deeply polarising—celebrated as a revolutionary hero by many and condemned as a dictatorial oppressor by others.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Born: Birán, Oriente, Cuba
Citizenship: Cuban
Birthday: August 13, 1926
Occupations: politician, lawyer, revolutionary, military leader, statesman
Years Active: 1953-2016
Children: 11
Spouses: Mirta Díaz-Balart, Dalia Soto del Valle
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Movies Featuring Fidel Castro
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Being Fidel Castro
Memories of Overdevelopment
Ethel
Castro in Winter
Palme
The Kennedy Detail
7 Days in Havana
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
Laissez-faire
El Che
Cuba and the Cameraman
Castro: The World’s Most Watched Man
Nobody
Wasp Network
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Cuba: Castro vs the World
Laboratory Greece
Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century
Salvador Allende
Comandante
The Fog of War
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
638 Ways to Kill Castro
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy for President
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
Looking for Fidel
On Company Business
The Necessary War
Chile: A Genral Record
Improper Conduct
The War on Democracy
537 Votes
I Am Jackie O
Rat Pack
The First Year
Hello Cubans
Waiting for Fidel
Muerte al invasor
The Hour of the Furnaces
Fidel
I Am a Son of America
Far from Vietnam
Mission Mind Control
General Idi Amin Dada
Topaz
Yanki No!
My Brother, Fidel
A Grin Without a Cat
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
General Assembly
The Padilla Affair
The Society of the Spectacle
¡Cuba Sí!
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
La Rabbia di Pasolini
Career Timeline
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2022
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
Self (archive footage)
The Padilla Affair
Self (archive footage)
Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
Self (archive footage)
2019
Wasp Network
Self (archive footage)
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self (archive footage)
Cuba: Castro vs the World
Himself (Archival Footage)
Laboratory Greece
Self (archive footage)
ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium
Self (archive footage)
2015
Laissez-faire
Self (archive footage)
Castro: The World’s Most Watched Man
Himself (archive footage)
2012
Ethel
Self (archive footage)
Castro in Winter
Self
Palme
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
Self (archive footage)
2011
Memories of Overdevelopment
Self (archive footage)
7 Days in Havana
Self (segment "Diary of a Beginner") (archive footage)
2007
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Self (archive footage)
RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
The War on Democracy
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Comandante
Self
The Fog of War
Self (archive footage)
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Self
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