The Argentine (2008)

USA et al., 126 min
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Basic facts

Original title Che: Part One
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
  • Spain
  • France
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
  • Spanish
Swedish release 2009-03-13

Cast

Benicio Del Toro
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Demián Bechir
Fidel Castro

Santiago Cabrera
Camilo Cienfuegos

Vladimir Cruz
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez

Julia Ormond
Lisa Howard

Jorge Perugorría
"Vilo", Juan Vitalo Acuña

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Titles

Original title
  • Che: Part One
Swedish release title
  • Che - Argentinaren
International title
  • The Argentine
Co-production title
  • Che - 1ère partie - L'argentin (Frankrike)
  • Che, el argentino (Spanien)
Distribution title
  • Che Part 1: The Argentine (USA)
Alternative title
  • Che - The Argentine

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Stunt Coordinator
Executive Producer
Casting
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Costume Designer
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Benicio Del Toro Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Demián Bechir Fidel Castro
Santiago Cabrera Camilo Cienfuegos
Vladimir Cruz Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Julia Ormond Lisa Howard
Jorge Perugorría "Vilo", Juan Vitalo Acuña
Édgar Ramírez Ciro Redondo García
Victor Rasuk Rogelio Acevedo
Catalina Sandino Moreno Aleida March
Rodrigo Santoro Raúl Castro
Unax Ugalde "Vaquerito", Robert Rodríguez
Yul Vazquez (as Yul Vázquez) Alejandro Ramírez
Elvira Mínguez Celia Sánchez
Oscar Isaac (as Óscar Isaac) tolk
Pablo Guevara första middagsgästen
Franklin Díaz andra middagsgästen
Armando Suárez Cobián tredje middagsgästen
María Isabel Díaz María Antonia
Mateo Gomez (as Mateo Gómez) kubansk diplomat
Ramon Fernandez (as Ramón Fernández) Héctor
José Caro Esteban
Pedro Adorno Epifanío Díaz
Jsu Garcia Jorge Sotús
Luis Rodríguez Sánchez rebellkurir
Roberto Santana (as Roberto Luis Santana) Juan Almeida
Marié Álvarez Vilma Espín
Christian Nieves Oñate Cantiflás
Andreas Munar (as Andrés Manuel Munar) Joel Iglesias Leyva
Liddy Paoli López Quike Escalona
Francisco Cabrera rebellguide
Pedro Telemaco Eligio Mendoza
Yamil Adorno Mario Leal
Alfredo De Quesada Israel Pardo
Kahlil Méndez Leonardo Tamayo Núñez

Companies

Production Company Laura Bickford Productions
Copyright Guerilla Films LLC 2008
Telecinco Cinema SA 2008
Co-Production Company Gobierno de España, Ministerio de Cultura
Telecinco SA
Morena Films SL
Presented by Wild Bunch SA
Telecinco SA
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Scanbox Entertainment Sweden AB 2009
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB 2009

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 146357
Date 2009-02-24
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3591 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 534, 467, 407, 577, 541, 539, 526.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (Panavision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Digital
Colour type Black and white + colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3452 meter
Length in minutes 126 min


Original work

Original title Pasajes de la guerra revolucionaria (Memoirs)
Author Ernesto "Che" Guevara


Release dates

Festival showing 2008-05-21 Cannes France 126 min (Cannes Film Festival)
First showing 2008-09-05 Spain 126 min (Premiär i Spanien)
Other showing 2008-12-12 USA 126 min (Premiär i USA)
2009-01-07 France 126 min (Premiär i Frankrike)
Release in Sweden 2009-03-13 Sweden 131 min
DVD release 2009-08-12 Sweden
TV showing 2018-04-29 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-05-11 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-05-28 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-06-12 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-06-24 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-07-03 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-07-14 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-07-21 TV4 Film Sweden
2018-07-23 TV4 Film Sweden

Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Misc.prints
Language Swedish


Type Program/Reklamtryck
Language Swedish


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