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The Chosen

Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.

5.8 / 10

English / 111 min. / 2016-09-02

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:

Alfonso Herrera

Alfonso Herrera

as Ramón Mercader

Hannah Murray

Hannah Murray

as Sylvia Ageloff

Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman

as Trotsky

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

as Kotov

Elvira Mínguez

Elvira Mínguez

as Caridad Mercader

Emilio Echevarría

Emilio Echevarría

as Salazar

Frances Barber

Frances Barber

as Natalia Sedova

Alejandro Calva

Alejandro Calva

as Siqueiros

Roger Casamajor

Roger Casamajor

as Carles Vidal

Javier Godino

Javier Godino

as Costa

Toby Harper

Toby Harper

as Robins

Alexander Holtmann

Alexander Holtmann

as Sheldon

Brontis Jodorowsky

Brontis Jodorowsky

as Otto

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

as Balderas

Humberto Busto

Humberto Busto

as Homero

Jenny Beacraft

Jenny Beacraft

as Ruby Weill

Juan Carlos Remolina

Juan Carlos Remolina

as Estrada

Guillermo Ríos

Guillermo Ríos

as 'El Negro'

David Hevia

David Hevia

as Herrera

Javier Molina

Javier Molina

as Rosell

Peter Nikolas

Peter Nikolas

as Pablo

Lucas Anaya

Lucas Anaya

as Sieva

Ainhoa García Forcada

Ainhoa García Forcada

as Carmen

Carlos Corona

Carlos Corona

as Man in Hat

Alondra Hidalgo

Alondra Hidalgo

as Amparo

Fermín Martínez

Fermín Martínez

as Sergeant

Gilberto Barraza

Gilberto Barraza

as Uniformed Man A

Evaristo Valverde

Evaristo Valverde

as Sergeant Commander

Memo Villegas

Memo Villegas

as Uniformed Commander

Algis Arlauskas

Algis Arlauskas

as General

Jaime Estrada

Jaime Estrada

as Cabaret Waiter

Víctor Benjumea

Víctor Benjumea

as GPU Interrogator

Xavier Ruano

Xavier Ruano

as GPU Man

Mykola Doroshenko

Mykola Doroshenko

as Soviet Field Marshal #1

Darko Pilipovic

Darko Pilipovic

as Soviet Field Marshal #2

Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan

as Comtesse Waiter

Peter Theis

Peter Theis

as Schnautz

Aleh Khaliankou

Aleh Khaliankou

as GPU Instructor

Raúl Briones

Raúl Briones

as Melquíades

Tania Olhovich

Tania Olhovich

as Trotsky's Secretary

Luis Miguel Costero L.

Luis Miguel Costero L.

as Hansen

Camilla Brett

Camilla Brett

as Greta

Enrique Greiner

Enrique Greiner

as Cooper

Marcia Seeman

Marcia Seeman

as Helen

Gastón Yanes

Gastón Yanes

as Leopoldo Rosmer

Ramón Madaula

Ramón Madaula

as Narrator (voice)

Daniel Giménez Cacho

Daniel Giménez Cacho

as Narrator (voice)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Natalia Sedova

Natalia Sedova

as Herself - Trotsky's Wife (archive footage)