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5.9Spain, 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.
Released: 2016-09-02111 minDir: Antonio ChavarríasDrama, History, Thriller
Cast
- Alfonso Herrera as Ramón Mercader
- Hannah Murray as Sylvia Ageloff
- Henry Goodman as Trotsky
- Julian Sands as Kotov
- Elvira Mínguez as Caridad Mercader
- Emilio Echevarría as Salazar
Themes
- mexico city, mexico
- spanish civil war (1936-39)
- biography
- based on true story
- historical figure
- political assassination
- historical event
- 1940s
- 1930s
- soviet union history
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Spain
- Original language
- Spanish
- Director
- Antonio Chavarrías
- Screenwriter
- Antonio Chavarrías
- Narrative location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 235319
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2016-00-00
- title
- El elegido
- distributed by
- Netflix
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