Mexico / Sep 02, 2016
Overall average
5.0/10
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Alejandro Calva | Siqueiros |
| Roger Casamajor | Carles Vidal |
| Javier Godino | Costa |
| Toby Harper | Robins |
| Alexander Holtmann | Sheldon |
| Brontis Jodorowsky | Otto |
| Gustavo Sánchez Parra | Balderas |
| Humberto Busto | Homero |
| Jenny Beacraft | Ruby Weill |
| Juan Carlos Remolina | Estrada |
| Guillermo Ríos | 'El Negro' |
| David Hevia | Herrera |
| Javier Molina | Rosell |
| Peter Nikolas | Pablo |
| Lucas Anaya | Sieva |
| Ainhoa García Forcada | Carmen |
| Carlos Corona | Man in Hat |
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| Alondra Hidalgo | Amparo |
| Fermín Martínez | Sergeant |
| Gilberto Barraza | Uniformed Man A |
| Evaristo Valverde | Sergeant Commander |
| Memo Villegas | Uniformed Commander |
| Algis Arlauskas | General |
| Jaime Estrada | Cabaret Waiter |
| Víctor Benjumea | GPU Interrogator |
| Xavier Ruano | GPU Man |
| Mykola Doroshenko | Soviet Field Marshal #1 |
| Darko Pilipović | Soviet Field Marshal #2 |
| Colin Morgan | Comtesse Waiter |
| Peter Theis | Schnautz |
| Aleh Khaliankou | GPU Instructor |
| Raúl Briones | Melquíades |
| Tania Olhovich | Trotsky's Secretary |
| Luis Miguel Costero L. | Hansen |
| Camilla Brett | Greta |
| Enrique Greiner | Cooper |
| Marcia Seeman | Helen |
| Gastón Yanes | Leopoldo Rosmer |
| Ramón Madaula | Narrator (voice) |
| Daniel Giménez Cacho | Narrator (voice) |
| Vladimir Lenin | Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Leon Trotsky | Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Joseph Stalin | Himself - Politician (archive footage) |
| Natalia Sedova | Herself - Trotsky's Wife (archive footage) |
Genres
DramaHistoryThriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | El elegido |
| Original language | Español (ES) |
| Spoken languages | English, Français, Pусский, Español |
| Production countries | Mexico, Spain |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Oberón Cinematográfica, Alebrije Producciones, Altavista Films, TVE, TV3 |
| Official site | oberoncinematografica.com |
| Release date | 2 settembre 2016 |
| Executive producer | Alex García, Mónica Lozano, Antonio Chavarrías |
| Production | Mónica Lozano, Antonio Chavarrías |
| Writer | Antonio Chavarrías, Coral Cruz, Dominic Harari, Teresa De Pelegrí |
| Casting | Heidi Levitt, Natalia Beristáin, Cristina Campos |
| Editing | Francisco X. Rivera, Ernest Blasi, David Gallart, Edna Herrera, Queralt González, Jordi Xercavins |
| Cinematography | Guillermo Granillo, Lucía Faraig, Carlos Somonte |
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Release dates
Theatrical release
Spain / Sep 02, 2016
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