Trotsky: Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary (2009)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 1H 0M
Director : Daniel Ast, Jurgen Ast
Synopsis
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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