Che!
Che! is a 1969 American biographical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Omar Sharif as Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. It follows Guevara from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in Bolivia in 1967, although the film does not portray the formative pre-Cuban revolution sections of Che's life as described in the autobiographical book The Motorcycle Diaries (1993).
Plot
The film tells of Che Guevara (Omar Sharif), a young Argentine doctor who proves his mettle during the Cuban guerrilla war in the late 1950s. He gains the respect of his men and becomes the leader of a patrol.
More details
author | Michael Wilson |
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director | Richard Fleischer |
editor | Marion Rothman |
genre | adventure drama |
keywords | batista bolivian army che guevara cuban missile crisis doctor who fidel castro fight fulgencio batista guerrilla guerrilla warfare |
musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
producer | Sy Bartlett |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
theme | biographical biographical drama |