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Filmstill Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422
Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422
Santiago Álvarez
Fidel Castro comments on the events of the Prague Spring – in surprisingly critical terms. This newsreel report was withdrawn from the Leipzig festival programme in 1968.
Filmstill Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422

Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422

Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422
Santiago Álvarez
Retrospective 2023
Documentary Film
Cuba
1968
14 minutes
Spanish
Subtitles: 
English

In September 1968, Fidel Castro comments on the suppression of the Prague Spring in surprisingly critical terms. He opens his thunderous speech with the statement that it could endanger Cuba’s safety. Although Santiago Álvarez was the guest of honour at the Leipzig festival, this newsreel report was withdrawn from the programme. After long research it will be shown for the first time in Leipzig in this Retrospective.

Katharina Franck, Andreas Kötzing

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Santiago Álvarez
Producer
Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ICAIC