The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

Name: The Assassination of Trotsky
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 1972-03-30
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, Duilio Del Prete

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.

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Released 1972-03-30 · 103 min · Drama, History, Thriller

Directed by Joseph Losey

Cast

Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky
Alain Delon as Frank Jackson
Romy Schneider as Gita Samuels
Valentina Cortese as Natalia Trotsky
Duilio Del Prete as Felipe
Enrico Maria Salerno as Salazar
Luigi Vannucchi as Ruiz
Jean Desailly as Alfred Rosmer
Simone Valère as Marguerite Rosmer
Peter Chatel as Otto
Giorgio Albertazzi
Carlos Miranda as Sheldon Harte
Claudio Brook as Roberto (uncredited)