The Chosen (2016)

09/02/2016 (MX) • Drama, History, Thriller • 1h 51m

Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.

Overview

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet intelligence service to participate in a top secret mission ordered by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin: the assassination of his former political rival, Leon Trotsky, who is living in exile in Mexico.

The Chosen (2016)

09/02/2016 (MX) • 1h 51m

Drama, History, Thriller

Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.

Overview

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet intelligence service to participate in a top secret mission ordered by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin: the assassination of his former political rival, Leon Trotsky, who is living in exile in Mexico.

Top Billed Cast

Alfonso Herrera

Ramón Mercader

Hannah Murray

Sylvia Ageloff

Henry Goodman

Trotsky

Julian Sands

Kotov

Elvira Mínguez

Caridad Mercader

Emilio Echevarría

Salazar

Frances Barber

Natalia Sedova

Alejandro Calva

Siqueiros

Roger Casamajor

Carles Vidal

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

mexico city, mexico

spanish civil war (1936-39)

biography

based on true story

historical figure

political assassination

historical event

1940s

1930s

soviet union history

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