The Chosen (2016)

5.9/10 111 min Drama History Thriller

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.

Cast

Alfonso Herrera

Ramón Mercader

Hannah Murray

Sylvia Ageloff

Henry Goodman

Trotsky

Julian Sands

Kotov

Elvira Mínguez

Caridad Mercader

Emilio Echevarría

Salazar

Frances Barber

Natalia Sedova

Alejandro Calva

Siqueiros

Roger Casamajor

Carles Vidal

Javier Godino

Costa

Brontis Jodorowsky

Otto

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Balderas

Humberto Busto

Homero

Jenny Beacraft

Ruby Weill

Juan Carlos Remolina

Estrada

Guillermo Ríos

'El Negro'

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