The Assassination of Trotsky
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The Assassination of Trotsky is a 1972 film directed by Joseph Losey. It starred Richard Burton as Leon Trotsky, as well as Romy Schneider and Alain Delon.
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Plot
Trotsky had been forced to leave the Soviet Union in 1929. It is now 1940 and he is living in Mexico. He has not escaped the attention of the current ruler of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, who sends out an assassin named Frank Jacson. The killer decides to infiltrate Trotsky's house by befriending one of the young communists in Trotsky's circle.
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