Dear Fidel: Marita's Story ( Lieber Fidel - Maritas Geschichte ) ( Dear Fidel )

Dear Fidel: Marita's Story (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Lieber Fidel - Maritas Geschichte
Alternate Title: Dear Fidel
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Wilfried Huismann

Written By:
Wilfried Huismann

Actors:
Marita Lorenz ..... Herself
Fidel Castro ..... Himself (archive footage)
Al Chestone ..... Himself
Joe Lorenz ..... Himself
Richard Nixon ..... Himself (archive footage)
Lee Harvey Oswald ..... Himself (archive footage)
Monica Mercedes Pérez Jiménez ..... Herself
Jesús Yañez Pelletier ..... Himself
Mark Yurasits Lorenz ..... Himself

Synopsis:

Dear Fidel With these words Marita Lorenz begins her letter to the Cuban leader in the spring of 2000. She met him as a 19-year-old on board the Berlin where her father was captain. They began an affair and she became pregnant by him. After eight months of passion Fidel Castro lost interest in her and Marita was given another shock when, in her sixth month, she was forced to undergo an abortion. She meant nothing to Fidel anymore but she attracted the attention of the CIA. However, Marita did not fulfil her task - to kill Castro. Nevertheless, she continued working for the American government. There followed a series of colourful episodes, including a meeting with Lee Harvey Oswald and involvement with the Watergate scandal. Marita Lorenz had learned to survive any situation, even as a 5-year-old girl when she was imprisoned in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She is now a pensioner who lives in New York and wants to go back to visit Fidel.

Documentary portrait of a woman who was sent to a Nazi concentration camp at the age of 5, became Fidel Castro's mistress at 20 and later worked for the CIA and FBI. She also knew Lee Harvey Oswald and was acquainted with both mob leaders and a Latin American dictator.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 June, 2009.