DramaHistoryThriller
The Chosen
"Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed."
User Score34 votes
58%5.8/10
Release2016→
Runtime1H 51M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
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Media4
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Director
Antonio Chavarrías
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Keywords
mexico city, mexicospanish civil war (1936-39)biographybased on true storyhistorical figurepolitical assassinationhistorical event1940s1930ssoviet union history
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Countries:MexicoSpain
Production:Oberón CinematográficaAlebrije ProduccionesAltavista FilmsTVETV3