"Everyone knows the icon. Few know the man."

2008

2h 14m

6.8(851 votes)

Drama

History

War

Overview

Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Benicio del Toro

Ernesto Che Guevara

Demián Bichir

Fidel Castro

Santiago Cabrera

Camilo Cienfuegos

Vladimir Cruz

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez

Alfredo de Quesada

Israel Pardo

Jsu Garcia

Jorge Sotus

Kahlil Méndez

Leonardo Tamayo Núñez

Elvira Mínguez

Celia Sánchez

Andres Munar

Joel Iglesias Leyva

Julia Ormond

Lisa Howard

Creative team

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Written by: Peter Buchman
Produced by: Laura Bickford
Benicio del Toro

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