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59% Critic Match
The Chosen
“Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.”
5.9 / 10• 2016• 1h 51m•NR• Spanish
DramaHistoryThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Alfonso Herrera
Ramón Mercader
Lead
Hannah Murray
Sylvia Ageloff
Henry Goodman
Trotsky
Julian Sands
Kotov
Elvira Mínguez
Caridad Mercader
Emilio Echevarría
Salazar
Frances Barber
Natalia Sedova
Alejandro Calva
Siqueiros
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Antonio Chavarrías's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Chosen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
