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The Chosen (2016)
Original title: El elegido
“Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.”
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.
The Chosen is a 2016 movie. Genres: Drama, History, Thriller. Directed by Antonio Chavarrías. Main cast: Alfonso Herrera, Hannah Murray, Henry Goodman, Julian Sands, Elvira Mínguez. Runtime: 111 minutes. Its average rating is 5.8 out of 10, from 34 votes.
Release dateSeptember 2, 2016
Runtime1 h 51 min
DirectorAntonio Chavarrías
ScreenplayDominic Harari, Teresa de Pelegrí, Antonio Chavarrías
Original languageES
IMDbtt4547514
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1930s1940sBased on true storyBiographyHistorical eventHistorical figureMexico city, mexicoPolitical assassinationSoviet union historySpanish civil war (1936-39)
