The Assassination of Trotsky

• Director: Joseph Losey
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Political Drama, Biopic
• Themes: Assassination Plots
• Main Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, Luigi Vannucchi
• Release Year: 1972
• Country: IT/FR
• Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

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 with family friend Sylvia Ageloff (Romy Schneider). The reclusive Trotsky, seeing a part of himself in Jackson, begins to warm up to him, never realizing that Jackson will be the man to finally kill him. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Richard Burton - Leon Trotsky
• Alain Delon - Frank Jackson
• Romy Schneider - Gita Samuels
• Valentina Cortese - Natasha Trotsky
• Luigi Vannucchi - Ruiz

Giorgio Albertazzi - Salazar; Claudio Brook - Roberto; Peter Chatel - Otto; Duilio del Prete - Felipe; Jean Desailly - Alfred Rosmer; Michael Forest - Jim; Carlos Miranda - Sheldon Harte; Simone Valere - Marguerite Rosmer; Enrico Maria Salerno - Salazar; Hunt Powers - Lou

Credit

Arrigo Equini - Art Director, Joseph Losey - Director, Reginald Beck - Editor, Egisto Macchi - Composer (Music Score), Richard Macdonald - Production Designer, Pasqualino De Santis - Cinematographer, Joseph Losey - Producer, Norman Priggen - Producer, Josef Shaftel - Producer, Nicholas Mosley - Screenwriter, Masolino D'Amico - Screenwriter

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