09 May 2008
Carnera: The Walking Mountain
The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.
The Chosen
Orders are not to be questioned. Orders are to be executed.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Alfonso Herrera Ramón Mercader
Hannah Murray Sylvia Ageloff
Henry Goodman Trotsky
Julian Sands Kotov
Elvira Mínguez Caridad Mercader
Emilio Echevarría Salazar
Frances Barber Natalia Sedova
Alejandro Calva Siqueiros
Roger Casamajor Carles Vidal
Javier Godino Costa
Toby Harper Robins
Alexander Holtmann Sheldon
Brontis Jodorowsky Otto
Gustavo Sánchez Parra Balderas
Humberto Busto Homero
Jenny Beacraft Ruby Weill
Juan Carlos Remolina Estrada
Guillermo Ríos 'El Negro'
David Hevia Herrera
Javier Molina Rosell
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