Product Details

• Actors: Alberto Granados, Alberto Castellanos
• Directors: Eduardo Montes-Bradley
• Producers: Soledad Liendo
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Patagonia Film Group, LLC.
• DVD Release Date: July 13, 2006
• Run Time: 52.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EDZQSE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,267 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
CHE: Rise and Fall, from the crib to the grave; from the early summers in Argentina to Mexico and then Sierra Maestra; from the days as a bureaucrat in Havana to the jungles on Congo and Bolivia. "CHE: Rise and Fall", saga and myth. Guevara's trials and

tribulations evoked by old friends and comrades unveil a unique Che, not so divine yet irreplaceable. This extraordinary documentary was entirely shot in Cuba while the remains of the guerrilla fighter were being airlifted from Vallegrande, a one horse town in Bolivia, thirty years after his execution. Dr. Alberto Granados, Che's motorcycle companion, joins three surviving members of Guevara's Iron Guard to bring about a chilling testimony of one of the greatest legends of the twentieth century: CHE.

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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The untold story, March 31, 2006

By	Lucy Ann Sutton (New York, United States) - See all my reviews

"Che: Rise and Fall" is the most complete work yet produced on the trials and tribulations of argentine born Ernesto Che Guevara. The documentary is structured in three main acts. The first relates to the early years in Argentina, his friendship with Alberto Granado and the preparations for the long journey through South America on a motorcycle. The adventure served as the argument to another film "The Motorcycle Diaries". The second half of the First Act focuses on the Cuban Revolution and the relationship between Guevara and Fidel Castro. The Second Act brings the audience closer to the period in Guevara spent in Africa fighting a Revolutionary War, and last but not least, we are confronted with the final days of Che in Bolivia. Che: Rise and Fall" brings out for the first time the testimony of Alberto Granado himself at a crucial time when the remains of Guevara were being brought back to Cuba after thirty years in an unmarked grave somewhere in Bolivia. The documentary is a must see for all those concern with Latin American History and the Twentieth Century. Stephen Kaplan.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Che that was..., February 8, 2008

By	Portland Mike (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This documentary of unequaled authenticity delves into the human side of the revolutionary icon, Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Interviews with Dr. Alberto Granados, (the friend who accompanied him across South America via motorcycle), as well as Cuban revoultionaries who fought beside him and under his command, provide glimpses into the life and character of this remarkable man.

Far from an excercise in hero worhship, the fall of Che is examined objectively, dealing with his mistakes, not glossiing over them. A must-see film for anyone interested in revolutionary history.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless!, May 17, 2007

By	Dopela "Morgan Taylor" (Rockland, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This is the most extraordinary documentary I have ever seen of CHE and I have seen them all. To be able to see and listen to Granado himself was priceless. The interviews with Che's bodyguards it's intense and it shows. The First Times when most of them saw Che as tango singer out of Argentine movies it's amazing. Another relevant aspect of this film is the process of transformation of Ernesto Guevara into CHE, the How and When. Details such as those explore in connection with CHE as a photographer himself are quite unique. In my humble opinion this is a must see that complements other views on the subject. Thank you for making it! Congrats! MT