Trotsky
Description
This documentary portrait of one of the key figures of the 20th century - Lenin's companion and Stalin's favorite target - uses nearly 1,500 hitherto unpublished photos and film clips to tell the story of Leon Trotsky's intellectual and political role in the birth of the Soviet Union; his leadership positions before, during, and after the Revolution; the death of Lenin and the exile of Trotsky; the Stalinization of the Soviet Union, the elimination of the opposition, and the trials of 1936; Trotsky's exile in Mexico; the Commission of Inquiry into Stalin's charges; and Trotsky's murder by an agent of the GPU.
Runtime
120 min
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c1988
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=2274
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