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The Assassination of Trotsky
“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, Josef Shaftel, Joseph Losey
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User score
58 votes
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Status
Released
Released
March 30, 1972
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
Italian, French, English
Budget → Revenue
$2.5M → —
Top cast
Richard Burton
Leon Trotsky
Alain Delon
Frank Jackson
Romy Schneider
Gita Samuels
Valentina Cortese
Natalia Trotsky
Duilio Del Prete
Felipe
Enrico Maria Salerno
Salazar
Luigi Vannucchi
Ruiz
Jean Desailly
Alfred Rosmer
Simone Valère
Marguerite Rosmer
Peter Chatel
Otto
Giorgio Albertazzi
Carlos Miranda
Sheldon Harte
Claudio Brook
Roberto (uncredited)
