The Assassination of Trotsky
5.7
“For one moment, they hold history in their hands. With one terrible blow, they make it.”
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
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Cast
13 people
Richard Burton
Leon Trotsky
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Gita Samuels
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Valentina Cortese
Natalia Trotsky
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Joseph Losey Director · Franco Solinas Screenplay Masolino D'Amico Screenplay
Budget $2.5M · United States release April 20, 1972 · Produced in France, United Kingdom, Italy
Box office
Budget
$2,500,000
Production
DDL Cinematografica
Production
Compagnia Internazionale Alessandra Cinematografica (CIAC)
Production
Cinétel
Production
Josef Shaftel Productions
Production
France · United Kingdom · Italy
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Original title
L'Assassinat de Trotsky
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
France · March 30, 1972
Theatrical
United States · April 20, 1972
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Greece
April 20, 1972 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 2, 1973 · Theatrical
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