The Chosen (2016)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | es |
| Popularity | 1.439 |
Directed By
Antonio Chavarrías
Crew
Antonio Chavarrías
Antonio Chavarrías
Julien Boisselier
Peter Sotirakis
Belén López Albert
Coral Cruz
Manel Manteca
Òscar Senén
Martin Roller
Herminio Gutiérrez
Marc Blanes Matas
Francisco X. Rivera
Edna Herrera
Queralt González
Julien Boisselier
Heidi Levitt
Olaya Marcos
Martí Maluquer
Lluís Castells
Alex Vázquez
Lluís Rivera
Edgar Vidal
León Sandoval
Marc Orts
Fabiola Ordoyo
Fabiola Ordoyo
Belén López Albert
Biel Cabré
Ariel Margolis
Carles Velat Angelat
María Fernanda Rivero Payán
Fernanda Plana
Carles Curt
Mercè Coll
Alexander Dahm
Mónica Marín
Victoria Lorenzo
Luisa Guala
Nicolás Scabini
Irene Montcada
Antonio Muñohierro
Cristina Campos
Natalia Beristáin
Ernest Blasi
Mónica Lozano
Antonio Chavarrías
Alex García
Guillermo Granillo
Mercè Paloma
Santiago Núñez
Albert Manera
Fabiola Ordoyo
Arnau Bataller
Miguel Lima
Àngels Masclans
Eamon O'Farrill
Marta Ramírez
Mónica Lozano
Antonio Chavarrías
Miriam Go
María Beltrán
Miguel Lozano
Brenda Gómez Magaña
Balo Bucio
Dominic Harari
Teresa de Pelegrí
Irene Prats
José Luis 'Kenny' Serratos Pineda
Marc Álvarez
Elisa Plaza
Lucía Faraig
Carlos Somonte
Froylán López
Eva Mazo
Maru Errando
Maru Errando
Carlos Sánchez
Victoria Lorenzo
David Gallart
Jordi Xercavins
Yisel Pupo
Kiku Vidal
TOP 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
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
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 Pilipovic
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)
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