The Assassination of Trotsky ( L' Assassinat de Trotsky (El Asesinato De Trotsky) )

The Assassination of Trotsky (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: L' Assassinat de Trotsky (El Asesinato De Trotsky)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1972 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Joseph Losey

Written By:
Nicholas Mosley

Actors:
Richard Burton ..... Leon Trotsky
Alain Delon ..... Frank Jackson
Romy Schneider ..... Gita Samuels
Valentina Cortese ..... Natalia Sedowa Trotsky
Enrico Maria Salerno ..... Salazar
Luigi Vannucchi ..... Ruiz
Duilio Del Prete ..... Felipe
Jean Desailly ..... Alfred Rosmer
Simone Valère ..... Marguerite Rosmer
Carlos Miranda ..... Sheldon Harte
Peter Chatel ..... Otto
Michael Forest ..... Jim (as Mike Forrest)
Marco Lucantoni ..... Seva
Claudio Brook ..... Roberto
Jack Betts ..... Lou (as Hunt Powers)

Synopsis:

This film is Joseph Losey's mood piece that delves into the psychological makeup of Frank Jackson (Alain Delon), the assassin of exiled Russian Communist leader Leon Trotsky (Richard Burton). The tale chronicles the final few months of Trotsky's life, from the May 1940 raid upon Trotsky's Mexican compound until August of that year when Jackson's assassination attempt succeeded. Much of the film details how the shy and mysterious Jackson gained access to the compound through ingratiating himself with family friend Sylvia Ageloff (Romy Schneider). The reclusive Trotsky, seeing a part of himself in Jackson, begins to warm up to him, never realizing that Jackson will be the man to finally kill him.

After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with the politics. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to Trotsky's house.

A Web of Intrigue A Conspiracy of Terror An Act of Madness

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