The Chosen
El elegido
Release: 2016-09-02
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 5.8
Drama
History
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
Mexico
Spain
Production Companies
Oberón Cinematográfica
Alebrije Producciones
Altavista Films
TVE
TV3
Cast
Tania Olhovich
as Trotsky's Secretary
Leon Trotsky
as Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
as Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Elvira Mínguez
as Caridad Mercader
Frances Barber
as Natalia Sedova
Brontis Jodorowsky
as Otto
Humberto Busto
as Homero
Daniel Giménez Cacho
as Narrator (voice)
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
as Balderas
Guillermo Ríos
as 'El Negro'
Carlos Corona
as Man in Hat
Memo Villegas
as Uniformed Commander
Emilio Echevarría
as Salazar
Evaristo Valverde
as Sergeant Commander
Raúl Briones
as Melquíades
Ramón Madaula
as Narrator (voice)
Julian Sands
as Kotov
Jenny Beacraft
as Ruby Weill
Juan Carlos Remolina
as Estrada
Alondra Hidalgo
as Amparo
Fermín Martínez
as Sergeant
Hannah Murray
as Sylvia Ageloff
Alejandro Calva
as Siqueiros
Vladimir Lenin
as Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Roger Casamajor
as Carles Vidal
Peter Nikolas
as Pablo
Javier Godino
as Costa
Víctor Benjumea
as GPU Interrogator
Colin Morgan
as Comtesse Waiter
Alfonso Herrera
as Ramón Mercader
Henry Goodman
as Trotsky
Gilberto Barraza
as Uniformed Man A
Algis Arlauskas
as General
Crew
Julien Boisselier
Wardrobe Supervisor
Fernanda Plana
Second Assistant Director
Àngels Masclans
Delegated Producer
Lucía Faraig
Still Photographer
Marc Orts
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Fabiola Ordoyo
Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Sound Supervisor
Heidi Levitt
Casting
Mónica Lozano
Executive Producer, Producer
Antonio Chavarrías
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Executive Producer
Lluís Rivera
Special Effects