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The Chosen

Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.
Sep 2, 2016 · 1h 51m
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PLOT

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
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
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Directed by Antonio Chavarrías

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Status
Released
Original language
ES
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Oberón Cinematográfica, Alebrije Producciones, Altavista Films, TVE, TV3
Country
MX

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