Santiago Álvarez
Directing
Born March 18, 1919 · Havana, Cuba
42 films as director · Active 1960–1989
Santiago Álvarez Román (March 8, 1919 – May 20, 1998) was a Cuban documentary filmmaker and a central figure in revolutionary Latin American cinema. After studying in the United States, he returned to…
Known for
Claves, 4: Memories of Cuban cinema
1984
Memória Cubana
2010
El milagro de la tierra morena
El milagro de la tierra morena
1974
Coarse Salt
1984
Accelerated Under-Development: In the Idiom of Santiago Alvarez
1999
Rocha Que Voa
2002
Los Ojos de Santiago
Los Ojos de Santiago
El camino de Santiago: Periodismo, cine y revolución
2013
Directed(42)
1989Historia de una Plaza
1987Brascuba★ 7.01983Biografía de un carnaval★ 10.0
1980The Necessary War★ 6.0
1980La marcha del pueblo combatiente
1977My Brother, Fidel★ 5.9
1977El octubre de todos★ 8.0
1976To Die for Your Country Is to Live Forever★ 9.0
1976Maputo meridiano novo★ 8.0
1976Luanda ya no es de San Pablo★ 7.0
1975The First Delegate★ 7.0
1975April in Vietnam in the Year of the Cat★ 5.61974The Four Bridges★ 9.01974[Opening speech for the retrospective “Cuban Documentary Film”] [excerpt]1974El milagro de la tierra morena
1973The Tiger Leaps and Kills, But It Will Die... It Will Die...★ 6.8
1973The New Tango1973La hora de los cerdos★ 8.0
1973And Heaven Was Taken by Storm★ 6.7
1972I Am a Son of America★ 6.01972Che
1971¿Cómo, por qué y para qué se asesina un general?★ 5.81971The Stampede★ 7.0
1970The Servant's Dream★ 5.61970Piedra sobre piedra★ 10.0
1969Hanoi, Tuesday 13th★ 6.6
196979 Springs★ 6.1
1969Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano No. 466: Celebration of the VI Amateur World Series in the Dominican Republic. Cuba-USA Final.
1969Take-Off at 18:00 Hours★ 8.0
1968LBJ★ 5.91968Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano, No. 422
1967The Forgotten War★ 5.3
1967Hasta la Victoria Siempre★ 7.1
1966Cerro Pelado★ 5.7
1966Año 7 (Noticiero No. 290)★ 7.01966Abril de Girón★ 9.0
1965Now!★ 6.3
1965Solidaridad Cuba y Vietnam★ 9.0
1964Cyclone★ 5.7
1962Muerte al invasor★ 5.91962Crisis en el Caribe (Noticiero ICAIC)
1960Noticiero ICAIC Latinoamericano