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
Masolino D'Amico, Franco Solinas
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
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