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
Recommended
6.8
The Judge and the Assassin
1976
7.2
Spy, Stand Up
1982
7.4
Richard Jewell
2019
5.9
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
7.8
De Gaulle: Liberté
2026
6.8
The Young Karl Marx
2017
6.3
Mary
2024
5.9
Stavisky...
1974
5.9
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
6.3
The Deadly Affair
1967
7
The Courier
2020
7.1
Snowden
2016
5.9
The House on Carroll Street
1988
6.9
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
7.1
An Officer and a Spy
2019
7.5
A Perfect World
1993
7.1
The Scarlet and the Black
1983
6.5
Mr. Turner
2014
6.7
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
2024
6.3
Django
2017
Similar Movies
7.1
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016
6.6
Thank You for Your Service
2017
6.9
Yuli
2018
4
Trois silhouettes
2022
7.2
The Ghosts of Dickens' Past
1998
7
Dans l'ombre de Jackie Kennedy
2022
Wilson
0
6.9
The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958
Kristína
1978
7.6
Malcolm X
1992
6.7
Reclaim Your Brain
2007
7.6
The Sea Inside
2004
7.5
Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
2017
6.2
Nick of Time
1995
6.5
The Perfect Storm
2000
6.8
James Dean
2001
7.1
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
2005
9
La canción de La Malibrán
1951
La Noche Sin Salida
2024
6.7
Priscilla
2023