Films by Hans-Peter Weymar

Germany 2013, 52 min
by Bernhard Pfletschinger, Hans-Peter Weymar (H.-P. WEYMAR FILMPRODUKTION)

This film shows how the Mafia tyrannizes Cuba in the 1950’s - headed by Meyer Lansky, Santo Trafficante and at times also Lucky Luciano. Also Cuba’s dictator Fulgencio Batista is on the Mafia’s payroll and under its influence. In Havana, illegal dealings with gambling, prostitution, drug dealing, protection racketeering and money-laundering flourish whilst the Cuban people is increasingly exploited and sinking into poverty. The Mafia is also supported by its numerous contacts to corrupt US-Ameri

Germany 2009
by Hans-Peter Weymar (H.-P. WEYMAR FILMPRODUKTION)

50 years of revolution in Cuba - reason enough for a documentary film journey “on the tracks of the revolution” in many ways. Between Havana and the Sierra Maestra on the east of the island, where the rebels began their guerrilla war against the army of the Batista dictatorship, we encounter many different types of people who give insights into their lives in Cuban socialism and substantiate their perspective on “la revolución”. Whether dairy farmer, park keeper, pasta-factory worker, gardener,