The Chosen

About The Chosen

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.

The Chosen is a 2016 history thriller film directed by Antonio Chavarrías. It runs 111 minutes and was released in September 2016.

Alfonso Herrera takes the lead as Ramón Mercader, Hannah Murray as Sylvia Ageloff, Henry Goodman as Trotsky, and Julian Sands as Kotov. Written by Antonio Chavarrías. It was produced by Alebrije Producciones. The story is adapted from real events.

Shelv files it under historical figure, political assassination, historical event, and spanish civil war (1936-39).

Oppenheimer, The Last Emperor, and Mirror make useful companions to The Chosen, all filed under 1940s and biography.