The Assassination of Trotsky
1972, Film, 103 min, Biography, Drama, History, French, France, MoviePedia score 60
For one moment, they hold history in their hands. With one terrible blow, they make it.
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
Directed by Joseph Losey
Cast
- Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky
- Alain Delon as Frank Jackson
- Romy Schneider as Gita Samuels
- Valentina Cortese as Natalia Sedowa Trotsky
- Enrico Maria Salerno as Salazar
- Luigi Vannucchi as Ruiz
- Jean Desailly as Alfred Rosmer
- Simone Valère as Marguerite Rosmer
- Duilio Del Prete as Felipe
- Peter Chatel as Otto
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