The Chosen

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

Released
2016
1h 51min
34 votes
DramaHistoryThriller

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.

Détails techniques

Titre original

El elegido

Langue originale

ES

Langues parlées

English

French

Russian

Site officiel

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Production

Compagnies de production

Oberón Cinematográfica

Alebrije Producciones

Altavista Films

TVE

TV3

Pays de production

Mexico

Spain

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Mots-clés

mexico city, mexicospanish civil war (1936-39)biographybased on true storyhistorical figurepolitical assassinationhistorical event1940s1930ssoviet union history