---
title: 'The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Losey'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-assassination-of-trotsky-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068226/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)

1972 · 102 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, France, Italy


## Synopsis

The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 historical thriller film directed by Joseph Losey. It dramatizes the killing of exiled Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky by NKVD agent Frank Jacson in Mexico City in 1940. It stars Richard Burton as Trotsky and Alain Delon as Jacson, along with Romy Schneider, Valentina Cortese, and Jean Desailly.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicholas Mosley, 3rd Baron Ravensdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-mosley-3rd-baron-ravensdale), [Masolino D'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/masolino-d-amico), [Franco Solinas](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-solinas)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Egisto Macchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/egisto-macchi)
- **Producer:** [Norman Priggen](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-priggen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pasqualino De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pasqualino-de-santis)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-beck)

## Cast

- [Enrico Maria Salerno](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-maria-salerno)
- [Giorgio Albertazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-albertazzi)
- [Romy Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-schneider)
- [Richard Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-burton) as Leon Trotsky
- [Michael Forest](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-forest)
- [Peter Chatel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-chatel)
- [Claudio Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-brook)
- [Jack Betts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-betts)
- [Duilio Del Prete](https://cinepixo.com/people/duilio-del-prete)
- [Luigi Vannucchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-vannucchi)
- [Alain Delon](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-delon) as Ramón Mercader
- [Simone Valère](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-valere)
- [Valentina Cortese](https://cinepixo.com/people/valentina-cortese) as Natalia Sedova
- [Joshua Sinclair](https://cinepixo.com/people/joshua-sinclair)
- [Jean Desailly](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-desailly) as Alfred Rosmer

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