Poster or still for The Assassination of Trotsky

Film 1972 1h 42m

The Assassination of Trotsky

  • drama film
  • biographical film
  • historical film

1972 film by Joseph Losey

The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 historical thriller film directed by Joseph Losey. It dramatizes the killing of exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky by NKVD agent Frank Jacson in Mexico City in 1940. It stars Richard Burton as Trotsky and Alain Delon as Jacson, along with Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, and Jean Desailly.

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Released
1972
Country
United Kingdom, France
Language
English
Studio
Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica