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Directed by
Wim Wenders 
 
Writing credits
Nick Gold (original concept)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

Compay Segundo ... Himself
Eliades Ochoa ... Himself
Ry Cooder ... Himself
Joachim Cooder ... Himself

Ibrahim Ferrer ... Himself
Omara Portuondo ... Herself
Rubén González ... Himself
Orlando 'Cachaíto' López ... Himself
Amadito Valdés ... Himself
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal ... Himself
Barbarito Torres ... Himself
Pío Leyva ... Himself
Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea ... Himself
Juan de Marcos González ... Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Octavio Calderon ... Himself - Musician (uncredited)
Manuel Galban ... Himself - Musician (uncredited)
Heitor Goldflus ... Man at a Manhattan Street (uncredited)
Carlos González ... Himself (uncredited)
Salvador Repilado Labrada ... Himself - Musician (uncredited)
Benito Suárez Magana ... Himself - Musician (uncredited)
Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés ... Himself - Musician (uncredited)
Lázaro Villa ... Himself - Musician (uncredited)
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Produced by
Rosa Bosch .... associate producer
Ulrich Felsberg .... executive producer
Ulrich Felsberg .... producer
Deepak Nayar .... producer
Rafael Rey Rodríguez .... line producer: Cuba (as Rafael Rey Rodriguez)
 
Cinematography by
Jörg Widmer (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Brian Johnson 
 
Production Management
Kristi Lake .... post-production supervisor: Los Angeles
Linda Moran .... unit production manager: New York
 
Art Department
Juan de Marcos González .... artistic consultant
 
Sound Department
Russell Farmarco .... adr mixer: Los Angeles
Russell Farmarco .... adr supervisor: Los Angeles
Orada Jusatayanond .... sound editor: Los Angeles
Ai-Ling Lee .... sound editor: Los Angeles
Rik Meier .... supervisor: timecode sync, Amsterdam crew
Martin Müller .... production sound
Martin Müller .... sound: Cuban crew
E. Benjamin Posnack .... sound mixer: New York crew
Walter Spencer .... co-supervising sound editor: Los Angeles
Walter Spencer .... dialogue editor: Los Angeles
Elmo Weber .... re-recording mixer: Los Angeles
Elmo Weber .... sound supervisor: Los Angeles
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Theo Bierkens .... camera operator: Amsterdam crew
Mitch Bogard .... lighting designer: New York crew
Stephen Consentino .... steadicam operator: New York crew
Brigit Hillenius .... camera operator: Amsterdam crew
Geraint Lewis .... additional still photographer: Amsterdam crew
Robby Müller .... director of photography: Amsterdam crew
Rick Pettit .... assistant lighting designer: New York crew
M. Claire Pijman .... camera operator: Amsterdam crew (as Claire Pijman)
Lisa Rinzler .... director of photography: New York crew
Richard Rutkowski .... assistant camera: New York crew
Ivan Scull .... lighting: Cuban crew
Julio Simoneau .... focus puller: Cuban crew
Susan Titelman .... still photographer
David Waterston .... camera operator: New York crew
Donata Wenders .... still photographer
Jörg Widmer .... Steadicam operator
Jörg Widmer .... director of photography: Cuban crew
Jörg Widmer .... steadicam operator: Amsterdam crew
Jörg Widmer .... steadicam operator: Cuban crew
 
Editorial Department
Trevor Adkinson .... assistant editor: Los Angeles
Monica Anderson .... associate editor: Los Angeles
Rolando Diaz .... colorist assistant: Los Angeles
Brian Johnson .... editor: Los Angeles
Bryson Jones .... avid technical support: Los Angeles
Linda Olague .... colorist: Los Angeles
Michael Sable .... post-production executive: Encore Video, Los Angeles
Mark Sherman .... on-line editor: Los Angeles
Gary Trentham .... assistant editor: Los Angeles
Chris Wayne .... on-line assistant: Los Angeles
 
Music Department
Sigfredo Ariel .... music consultant: Cuban crew
Jerry Boys .... music recordist
Octavio Calderon .... musician (as Octavio Calderón)
Joachim Cooder .... musician
Ry Cooder .... music mixer
Ry Cooder .... music producer
Ry Cooder .... musician
Juan de Marcos González .... consultant: artists & repertoire
Juan de Marcos González .... musician
Angel Terry Domech .... musician
Ibrahim Ferrer Jr. .... musician
Ibrahim Ferrer .... musician
Manuel Galban .... musician
Roberto Garcia .... musician
Hugo Garzón .... musician
Nick Gold .... executive music producer
Carlos González .... musician (as Carlos Gonzalez)
Rubén González .... musician
Salvador Repilado Labrada .... musician (as Salvador Repilado)
Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea .... musician
Orlando 'Cachaíto' López .... musician
Benito Suárez Magana .... musician (as Benito Suárez)
Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal .... musician
Eliades Ochoa .... musician
Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo .... musician
Tomas Casanova Perera .... piano tuner: Cuban crew
Alejandro Pichardo .... musician
Yanko Pichardo .... musician
Omara Portuondo .... musician
Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos .... musician
Steven Reich .... music rights clearance: Berlin
José Antonio Rodríguez .... musician
Rail Rogut .... music mixer: Ocean Way Studios
Compay Segundo .... musician
Barbarito Torres .... musician
Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés .... musician
Amadito Valdés .... musician
Lázaro Villa .... musician
 
Transportation Department
Guillermo Iglesias .... driver: Cuban crew
Diosdado Navarro .... driver: Cuban crew
Armando Roche .... driver: Cuban crew
 
Other crew
Jenny Adlington .... director of marketing and artist relations
Zita Marina Morrina Atia .... assistant: Wim Wenders, Cuban crew
Ken Beltrone .... stage crew: New York crew
Ina Bialas .... accounting: Berlin
Denise Booth .... project coordinator: Berlin
John Cardinale .... stage crew: New York crew
Rose-Marie Couture .... project coordinator: Berlin
Rafael Cruz .... protocol: Cuban crew
James Csollany .... stage crew: New York crew
Jolanda Darbyshire .... assistant: Wim Wenders, Berlin
Paul Frocchi .... provider: post-production equipment: Los Angeles
Olga Maria Fernandez Gonzalez .... production assistant: Cuban crew
John Goodson .... stage crew: New York crew
Victor Gutierrez .... accountant: Cuban crew
Luis Juara .... assistant: Cuban crew (as Luis Juana)
Oswaldo Lima .... assistant: Cuban crew (as Osvaldo Lima)
Javier Castillo Mares .... runner: Cuban crew
Dennis O'Connell .... stage crew: New York crew
Claudia Pauly .... accounting: Berlin
Vesna Rudinac .... accounting: Berlin
Sven Sauër .... production assistant: Amsterdam crew
Luba Schatzberg .... office coordinator: New York crew
David Stallbaumer .... stage manager: New York crew
Erich Thum .... tax advisor: Berlin
Kai-Peter Uhlig .... legal services coordinator: Berlin
David Vigdor .... production assistant: New York crew
 
Thanks
Gliceria Abreu .... thanks
Annie Bataillard .... thanks: Arte
David Bither .... thanks: Nonesuch Records
Susan Cooder .... thanks
Daniel Del Solar .... thanks
Robert Eisenhauer .... thanks
Gustovo Fernandez .... thanks: ICAIC
Dani Florestano .... thanks
Ivan Giroud .... thanks: Havana Film Festival Office
Klaus Grohmann .... thanks: German Embassy in Havana, Cuba
Alfredo Guevara .... thanks: ICAIC
Caroline Haertel .... thanks: Arte
Candice Hanson .... thanks
Clair McFadden .... thanks
Bertha Navarro .... thanks: Tequila Gang, Mexico
Reinhard Penzel .... thanks: Sony Broadcasting Europe
Judith Reuter .... thanks: Sony Broadcasting Europe
Michael Sable .... thanks
Wendy Sellars .... thanks
Eli Silvrants .... thanks
Martin Singer .... thanks
Caridad Perez Valdés .... thanks
Robert van Ommen .... thanks: Mojo Concerts
Camilo Vives .... thanks: ICAIC
Franz von Kouwen .... thanks: Mojo Concerts
Wim Westerveld .... thanks: CHAZZ Agency
 
Crew believed to be complete


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