

Castro's Spies
2020-11-10 · 103 min · ★ 8.6
The thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban spies sent undercover to the US in the 1990s. From their recruitment, training and eventual capture on US soil; this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs and betrayal. Using never seen before footage from the Cuban Film Institute’s archive and first-hand testimony from the people at the heart of this story, Castro’s Spies gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of a spy – where the stakes are life and death.
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- Directors
- Gary Lennon, Ollie Aslin
- Production companies
- Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Submarine Entertainment, Gambit Pictures, Eagle Hill Films
- Countries
- Unavailable
- Status
- Released
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Bill ClintonSelf (archival footage)
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