A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of political order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery."
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Enrique Santisteban
Sebastián Orozco
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Juanita Caldevilla
Doña Lola
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Germán Pinelli
Pascual Orozco
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Ana Viñas
Fina Orozco
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Reynaldo Miravalles
Vicente Cuervo
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The Twelve Chairs
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Vicente Revuelta
Julio Orozco
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Leonor Borrero
Cuca
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Supporting Roles
Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera
Manuel Orozco
Known for
Death of a Bureaucrat
Yael Teruel
Finita Orozco (niña)
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Ana Lillian Renteria
Finita Orozco
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Francisco Puentes
Julito Orozco (niño)
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Gangs from Rosario
Patricio Wood
Julito Orozco
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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Director · Antonio Benítez Rojo Writer Leo Brouwer Composer
First release January 6, 1979 · Produced in Cuba · Original title Los sobrevivientes
Production
ICAIC
Production
Cuba
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Languages
Original title
Los sobrevivientes
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Cuba · January 6, 1979
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No release date listed for United States.
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