The Assassination of Trotsky
“For one moment, they hold history in their hands. With one terrible blow, they make it.”
1972 · 1 h 43 min
Directed by 
Joseph Losey
Joseph LoseyCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico.
Sinekatalog’s take
Joseph Losey's drama, with Richard Burton, Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, is stylized and elegant, a cool, odd thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.7 / 10 (2,159 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.