The Chosen

The Chosen (2016)

Drama, History, Thriller1 hour and 51 minutes
58%
User score

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

Description

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.

Antonio Chavarrías
Director, Screenplay
Coral Cruz
Story Editor
Dominic Harari
Screenstory
Teresa de Pelegrí
Screenstory

Actors

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
Frances Barber
Frances Barber
Natalia Sedova
Alejandro Calva
Alejandro Calva
Siqueiros
Roger Casamajor
Roger Casamajor
Carles Vidal
Javier Godino
Javier Godino
Costa
Toby Harper
Toby Harper
Robins
Alexander Holtmann
Alexander Holtmann
Sheldon
Brontis Jodorowsky
Brontis Jodorowsky
Otto
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
Balderas
Humberto Busto
Humberto Busto
Homero
Jenny Beacraft
Jenny Beacraft
Ruby Weill
Juan Carlos Remolina
Juan Carlos Remolina
Estrada
Guillermo Ríos
Guillermo Ríos
'El Negro'
David Hevia
David Hevia
Herrera
Javier Molina
Javier Molina
Rosell
Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Budget

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Revenue

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