American Comandante

American Comandante

2015
52m
8.0

8.0/10

1 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary History

"American Comandante"

Overview

When he was executed outside a Havana prison on March 11, 1961, the strange story of William Morgan seemed to vanish from the popular imagination as quickly as it had appeared. William Alexander Morgan was one of only a couple dozen US citizens who joined Cuban rebel forces, fighting for Fidel Castro in 1957. With government documents recently declassified, new information has come to light and Morgan’s story has come back into the public eye. American Comandante has the makings of a Cold War thriller— with adventure, spies and historical figures such as J. Edgar Hoover and Chè Guevera. Eyewitness accounts from Morgan’s widow and several Cubans who fought alongside him, as well as commentary from journalists and biographers, tell the story of a man who transformed from a failure to a hero and celebrity. American Comandante is a quintessential American story of a man who reinvented himself.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Bosch and Company American Experience Films WGBH Educational Foundation (US) Latino Public Broadcasting
Spoken Languages
English Spanish

Keywords

cuba cuban revolution revolutionaries

Quick Facts

Release Date November 15, 2015
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt5178362

Cast

Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt

Self - Narrator (voice)

William Alexander Morgan
William Alexander Morgan

Self (archival footage)

Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro

Self (archival footage)

Che Guevara
Che Guevara

Self (archival footage)

David Grann
David Grann

Self

Olga Morgan Goodwin
Olga Morgan Goodwin

Self

Henry Raymont
Henry Raymont

Self

Key Crew

Adriana Bosch
Director
Adriana Bosch
Writer