Bloody Che Contra (1968)
Genre: History
Director: Paolo Heusch
Actors: Andrea Checchi, Francisco Rabal, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Howard Ross, John Ireland, Zuzana Martinková
Country: Italy
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