Trotsky: Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary
Seen it?2009 | 60 min | Documentary
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone who likes secrets inside secrets and anyone who likes learning something new. Nobody is quite who they seem.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves through the story clearly, at 1 hr. Short enough for a weeknight.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
This film examines Trotsky, the revolutionary; venerated and reviled, loved, hated, feared. Archive material compiled from all over the world, citations and new shoots create an electrifying proximity to the historical person and to the man Leo Trotsky. Stages in his life and eventual flight are carefully examined, from St. Petersburg, to Mexico City. This is the riveting political biography of the Revolution's onetime hero.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Daniel Ast, Jürgen Ast