25 Oct 1996
Michael Collins
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
The Assassination of Trotsky
For one moment, they hold history in their hands. With one terrible blow, they make it.
A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Burton Leon Trotsky
Alain Delon Frank Jackson
Romy Schneider Gita Samuels
Valentina Cortese Natalia Trotsky
Duilio Del Prete Felipe
Enrico Maria Salerno Salazar
Luigi Vannucchi Ruiz
Jean Desailly Alfred Rosmer
Simone Valère Marguerite Rosmer
Peter Chatel Otto
Giorgio Albertazzi 
Carlos Miranda Sheldon Harte
Claudio Brook Roberto (uncredited)
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