Mar 30, 1972
103 min
Full-HD

The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

Category

Drama History Thriller

Country

France United Kingdom Italy

Companies

DDL Cinematografica Compagnia Internazionale Alessandra Cinematografica (CIAC) Cinétel Josef Shaftel Productions

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

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