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 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | es |
| Popularity | 0.55 |
Directed By
Antonio Chavarrías
Crew
Antonio Chavarrías
Antonio Chavarrías
Julien Boisselier
Manel Manteca
León Sandoval
Fabiola Ordoyo
Irene Montcada
Olaya Marcos
Heidi Levitt
Alex Vázquez
Queralt González
Martí Maluquer
Francisco X. Rivera
Marc Blanes Matas
Martin Roller
Òscar Senén
Herminio Gutiérrez
Mónica Marín
Belén López Albert
Marc Orts
Julien Boisselier
Edgar Vidal
Fabiola Ordoyo
Peter Sotirakis
Coral Cruz
Edna Herrera
Lluís Rivera
Mercè Coll
Ariel Margolis
Victoria Lorenzo
Nicolás Scabini
Lluís Castells
Belén López Albert
Carles Velat Angelat
Fernanda Plana
Cristina Campos
Natalia Beristáin
María Fernanda Rivero Payán
Luisa Guala
Biel Cabré
Carles Curt
Antonio Muñohierro
Alexander Dahm
Ernest Blasi
Miguel Lima
Miguel Lozano
David Gallart
Jordi Xercavins
Miriam Go
Dominic Harari
Froylán López
Antonio Chavarrías
Teresa de Pelegrí
Maru Errando
Victoria Lorenzo
Mercè Paloma
Santiago Núñez
Arnau Bataller
José Luis 'Kenny' Serratos Pineda
Balo Bucio
Yisel Pupo
Eamon O'Farrill
Marta Ramírez
María Beltrán
Elisa Plaza
Eva Mazo
Carlos Sánchez
Brenda Gómez Magaña
Lucía Faraig
Carlos Somonte
Albert Manera
Mónica Lozano
Mónica Lozano
Irene Prats
Marc Álvarez
Kiku Vidal
Alex García
Guillermo Granillo
Fabiola Ordoyo
Àngels Masclans
Maru Errando
Antonio Chavarrías
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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