Assassination Of Trotsky

Starring: Richard Burton; Alain Delon; Romy Schneider & Valentina Cortese Director: Joseph Losey

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• Featurette - Biographies

Description by OLDIES.com:

One of the most infamous assassinations of the 20th Century was the 1940 murder of Leon Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, by the long and implacable arm of Stalin's secret police. An event that was later seen as one of the first government sponsored exercises of raw, bloody terrorism, this was the event that sealed the fate of Soviet Russia and guaranteed that it would be a Stalinist repressive dictatorship and not the Communism that Lenin dreamed would govern the USSR.

Famed director Joseph Losey brought together a cast of stars, who have since become legendary, from four countries to create his lost masterpiece of filmmaking. Historically accurate and yet as charged with tension and emotion as any best-selling novel, The Assassination Of Trotsky is utterly unforgettable. To hear the actual words of Leon Trotsky, the first to warn the world of the monster of Moscow, spoken as only Richard Burton could deliver their message, is an experience to be treasured.

Filmed on location in Mexico City in the very compound where he was murdered, The Assassination Of Trotsky is at once a story of love betrayed, history created and a world lost.

Product Description:

The last days of the famous Russian rebel turns into a dangerous web of intrigue, a conspiracy of terror and an act of madness.

Plot Synopsis:

A biographical look at the assassination of Leon Trotsky, the revolutionary Communist leader exiled in Mexico. Trotsky's killer was allegedly an associate of his, and his death by a pickaxe is one of the most infamous political assassinations of the twentieth century.

Plot Keywords:

Assassination | Biography | Drama | Period Piece | Politics | Suspense | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• The film opened in Paris in 1972.
• Trotsky, once a comrade of Lenin's, lived his last days in Mexico City after he was forced to leave the Soviet Union. He made many famous political associations there, among them with muralists Juan Sieqieros, Diego Rivera, and painter Frida Kahlo, all of whom were active with Socialism in Mexico.
• Shot in Eastmancolor.

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