The Assassination of Trotsky
“For one moment, they hold history in their hands. With one terrible blow, they make it.”
1972•1h 43m•5.3•Released
DramaHistoryThriller
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
Director
Joseph Losey
Writer
Franco Solinas, Masolino D'Amico
Budget
$3M
Languages
Italian, French, English
Studio
DDL Cinematografica
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)
Production
Company
DDL Cinematografica
Company
Compagnia Internazionale Alessandra Cinematografica (CIAC)
Company
Cinétel
Company
Josef Shaftel Productions
Producer
Norman Priggen
Recommended
6.6
The Assassination
1972
6.3
Kompromat
2022
5.9
Stavisky...
1974
7.2
Spy, Stand Up
1982
7.1
Snowden
2016
7
The Courier
2020
6.8
The Judge and the Assassin
1976
7.5
A Perfect World
1993
5.9
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
7.3
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
7.5
The Beasts
2022
7.2
Official Secrets
2019
7
The Way Back
2010
6.8
The Colors of Fire
2022
6.8
The Young Karl Marx
2017
6.9
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
6.4
Nobody from Nowhere
2014
6.8
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
6.5
Mr. Turner
2014
6.3
Mary
2024
Similar Movies
5.5
Bud and Lou
1978
10
Ensemble
2010
5.7
The Lenin Factor
2019
7.5
Flag of Mercy
1942
6.8
Danton
1983
Kancha Sherpa: Last of the First from the 1953 Conquest of Mt Everest
0
Master Wonhyo
1986
6.7
Van Gogh
1991
Giuli - It Was A Dream
2023
6.2
Nightwatching
2007
6.5
I'm Not There
2007
7.4
Blow
2001
6.7
The Kingdom
2007
6.7
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
6.3
Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975
7.1
An Honest Liar
2014
6.9
Revolver
1973
5.2
Zubeidaa
2001
6.7
Back to Black
2024
4.1
A Bullet for Pretty Boy
1970