The Chosen backdrop

The Chosen 2016 Directed by Antonio Chavarrías El elegido

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

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.

Country Mexico
Production Countries Mexico , Spain
Language Spanish
Spoken Languages English , French , Russian , Spanish
Release Date 2 September 2016
111 mins
Cast
Alfonso Herrera Ramón Mercader
Hannah Murray Sylvia Ageloff
Elvira Mínguez Caridad Mercader
Frances Barber Natalia Sedova
Alejandro Calva Siqueiros
Roger Casamajor Carles Vidal
Toby Harper Robins
Jenny Beacraft Ruby Weill
Guillermo Ríos 'El Negro'
David Hevia Herrera
Carlos Corona Man in Hat
Gilberto Barraza Uniformed Man A
Evaristo Valverde Sergeant Commander
Memo Villegas Uniformed Commander
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
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)
Natalia Sedova Herself - Trotsky's Wife (archive footage)