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