The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
L'Assassinat de 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.
- Date of release
- 1972-03-30
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (58)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Director
- Joseph Losey
Casting
- 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
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