The Chosen

The Chosen

2016
★★★☆☆ 5.8/10
⏱️ 111 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 ES
DramaHistoryThriller
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.

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Cast

Alfonso Herrera
Alfonso Herrera
Ramón Mercader
Hannah Murray
Hannah Murray
Sylvia Ageloff
Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman
Trotsky
Julian Sands
Julian Sands
Kotov
Elvira Mínguez
Elvira Mínguez
Caridad Mercader
Emilio Echevarría
Emilio Echevarría
Salazar

Crew

Director
Antonio Chavarrías
Writer
Antonio Chavarrías
Producer
Mónica Lozano, Alex García, Mónica Lozano

Production

Oberón Cinematográfica, Alebrije Producciones, Altavista Films, TVE, TV3

Keywords

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