The Assassination of Trotsky
Time Out says
Unhistorical evocation of Trotsky's last couple of months in exile in Mexico before the Stalinist agents got to him. Burton as Trotsky is set up very deliberately as a dry, pedantic figure, and his ideas accordingly shrink in importance. Delon, too, as the enigmatic assassin, seems like an unfinished character until the brilliantly shot scene where he watches a bullfight. From there Losey's on his own, fascinatedly turning this key historical event into a Secret Ceremony. We're so starved of hard information that one can only wish for more.
Details
Release details
Duration:
103 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Joseph Losey
Screenwriter:
Nicholas Mosley, Masolino D'Amico
Cast:
Richard Burton
Alain Delon
Romy Schneider
Valentina Cortese
Giorgio Albertazzi
Duilio Del Prete
Jean Desailly
Alain Delon
Romy Schneider
Valentina Cortese
Giorgio Albertazzi
Duilio Del Prete
Jean Desailly