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The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

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Release Date: Oct 13, 1972 Wide

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Release Date: Oct 13, 1972 Wide

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This film is Joseph Losey's mood piece that delves into the psychological makeup of Frank Jackson (Alain Delon), the assassin of exiled Russian Communist leader Leon Trotsky (Richard Burton). The tale chronicles the final few months of Trotsky's life, from the May 1940 raid upon Trotsky's Mexican compound until August of that year when Jackson's assassination attempt succeeded. Much of the film details how the shy and mysterious Jackson gained access to the compound through ingratiating himself

R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Nicholas Mosley

Sep 5, 2006

Cinerama Releasing Corporation

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"The Assassination of Trotsky" is an interesting near-miss of a movie about the last days of former Russian revolutaionary Leon Trotsky(a very fine performance by Richard Burton) in exile in Mexico City in 1940. It may get the facts straight but it does not go far below the surface in depicting the time and place or

June 13, 2007
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Walter M.

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"The Assassination of Trotsky" is an interesting near-miss of a movie about the last days of former Russian revolutaionary Leon Trotsky(a very fine performance by Richard Burton) in exile in Mexico City in 1940. It may get the facts straight but it does not go far below the surface in depicting the time and place or

June 13, 2007
Harlequin68
Walter M.

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Foreign Titles

  • Das Mädchen und der Mörder - Die Ermordung Trotzkis (DE)
  • L'Assassinat de Trotsky (FR)
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