The Assassination of Trotsky DVD 1972 / Directed by Joseph Losey / Starring: Richard Burton, Alain Delom, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese

UPC 5060000408034

MADE IN EU

REGION 0 PAL DVD (all regions)

AUDIO: Spanish mono

Subtitles: English

TOTAL RUNTIME: 100 MINUTES

CONDITION OF THIS DVD IS USED - VERY GOOD

English Summary:

The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 British historical drama film, directed by Joseph Losey with a screenplay by Nicholas Mosley. It stars Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky, as well as Romy Schneider and Alain Delon.

Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929, Leon Trotsky travels from Turkey to France to Norway, before arriving in Mexico in January 1937. The film begins in Mexico City in 1940, during a May Day celebration. Trotsky has not escaped the attention of the Soviet dictator of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, who sends out an assassin named Frank Jacson. The killer decides to infiltrate Trotsky's house by befriending one of the young communists in Trotsky's circle.

Cast:

• Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky
• Alain Delon as Frank Jacson
• Romy Schneider as Gita Samuels
• Valentina Cortese as Natalia Sedowa Trotsky
• Luigi Vannucchi as Ruiz
• Jean Desailly as Alfred Rosmer
• Simone Valère as Marguerite Rosmer
• Duilio Del Prete as Felipe
• Jack Betts as Lou (as Hunt Powers)
• Michael Forest as Jim
• Claudio Brook as Roberto
• Joshua Sinclair as Sam
• Giorgio Albertazzi as Commissioner