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The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
Directed by Joseph Losey
“For one moment, they hold history in their hands. With one terrible blow, they make it.”
Drama, History, Thriller · 1h 43m
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
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
Crew
- Director
- Joseph Losey
- Screenplay
- Franco Solinas, Masolino D'Amico
- Director of Photography
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Original Music Composer
- Egisto Macchi
- Editor
- Reginald Beck
- Producer
- Norman Priggen
Details
- Original title
- L'Assassinat de Trotsky
- Release date
- 1972-03-30
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Italian, French, English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, Italy
- Production
- DDL Cinematografica, Compagnia Internazionale Alessandra Cinematografica (CIAC), Cinétel, Josef Shaftel Productions
- Budget
- $2,500,000