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The Cuba Libre Story: Season 1

Miniseries 2015 - 2016
TV-14

  • 2015-12-10T23:00:00Z on ZDFinfo
  • 45m
  • 6h (8 episodes)
  • Germany
  • Spanish; Castilian, Russian, English, French, German
  • Documentary
Their island nation has been invaded, ransacked and enslaved - but the people of Cuba have never been conquered.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2015-12-10T23:00:00Z

1x01 Breaking Chains

Series Premiere

1x01 Breaking Chains

  • 2015-12-10T23:00:00Z45m

After four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Cubans win their independence, but U.S. intervention at the eleventh hour comes with a price.

2015-12-10T23:00:00Z

1x02 War and Sugar

1x02 War and Sugar

  • 2015-12-10T23:00:00Z45m

Cuba flourishes thanks to sugar production, but relations with the U.S. deteriorate, leading to the rise of military strongman Fulgencio Batista.

2015-12-10T23:00:00Z

1x03 Ganster's Paradise

1x03 Ganster's Paradise

  • 2015-12-10T23:00:00Z45m

A source of illegal rum during Prohibition, Cuba becomes a haven for the Mafia, which seizes control of the country's popular gambling industry.

2015-12-10T23:00:00Z

1x04 A Ragtag Revolution

1x04 A Ragtag Revolution

  • 2015-12-10T23:00:00Z45m

On New Year's Day 1959, rebel guerillas led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara succeed in toppling the corrupt, dictatorial rule of Batista.

2016-03-10T23:00:00Z

1x05 Making Heroes

1x05 Making Heroes

  • 2016-03-10T23:00:00Z45m

Heroes of the revolution include the Castros, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, but Fidel Castro's brutality and radical leftist reforms divide them.

2016-03-10T23:00:00Z

1x06 Of Soviets and Saviors

1x06 Of Soviets and Saviors

  • 2016-03-10T23:00:00Z45m

When Fidel Castro expropriates U.S. businesses and pursues support from the Soviet Union, the CIA sends assassins, saboteurs and invaders to Cuba.

2016-03-10T23:00:00Z

1x07 Secrets and Sacrifices

1x07 Secrets and Sacrifices

  • 2016-03-10T23:00:00Z45m

Challenges mount in the '80s as Cubans desert their restrictive homeland, cocaine infiltrates the government, and European socialism collapses.

Season Finale

2016-03-10T23:00:00Z

1x08 Moments of Transition

Season Finale

1x08 Moments of Transition

  • 2016-03-10T23:00:00Z45m

In the post-Soviet world, the Castros find mutual support in Venezuela, but the Cold War's conclusion brings the country's isolationism to an end.

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