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.
- Year: 2016
- Country: Mexico, Spain
- Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
- Studio: Oberón Cinematográfica, Alebrije Producciones, Altavista Films, TVE, TV3
- Keyword: mexico city, mexico, spanish civil war (1936-39), biography, based on true story, historical figure, political assassination, historical event, 1940s, 1930s, soviet union history
- Director: Antonio Chavarrías
- Cast: Alfonso Herrera, Hannah Murray, Henry Goodman, Julian Sands, Elvira Mínguez, Emilio Echevarría