The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

Name: The Assassination of Trotsky
Genre: Drama, Thriller, History
Released: 1972-04-20

1h 43m

Running Time

Plot.

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

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Release Date
April 20, 1972

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 43m

Budget
$2,500,000

This Movie Is About.

assassination

exile

biography

Wiki.

The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 historical thriller film directed by Joseph Losey. It dramatizes the killing of exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky by NKVD agent Frank Jacson in Mexico City in 1940. It stars Richard Burton as Trotsky and Alain Delon as Jacson, along with Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, and Jean Desailly.

The film was an Italian, French, and British co-production. It was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation on April 20, 1972. It received generally negative reviews from critics.