The Survivors

The Survivors

The Survivors

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The Survivors

1979

2h 10m

7.4(11 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery."

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ICAIC

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Enrique Santisteban

Enrique Santisteban

Sebastián Orozco

Juanita Caldevilla

Doña Lola

Germán Pinelli

Pascual Orozco

Ana Viñas

Fina Orozco

Reynaldo Miravalles

Reynaldo Miravalles

Vicente Cuervo

Vicente Revuelta

Julio Orozco

Leonor Borrero

Cuca

Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

Manuel Orozco

Yael Teruel

Finita Orozco (niña)

Ana Lillian Renteria

Finita Orozco

Creative team

Directed by: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Written by: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Antonio Benítez Rojo
Produced by: Evelio Delgado

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