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The Chosen (2016)

The Chosen (2016)

Drama Thriller History

Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.

Release Date: 2016, September 2
Directors: Antonio Chavarrías
Countries: Spain, Mexico
Production: Oberón Cinematográfica, Alebrije Producciones, Altavista Films, TVE, TV3
Cast: Henry Goodman, Memo Villegas, Fermín Martínez, Javier Molina, Roger Casamajor, Emilio Echevarría, Guillermo Ríos, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Colin Morgan, Humberto Busto, Julian Sands, Hannah Murray

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

biography based on true story 1940s 1930s historical event spanish civil war (1936-39) soviet union history historical figure mexico city, mexico political assassination