Leon Trotsky

Born: 1879-11-07

Lev Davidovich Bronstein, better known as Leon Trotsky was a Russian revolutionary, politician, journalist and political theorist. He was a central figure in the establishment of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union. Ideologically a Marxist, Trotsky's writings and thought inspired a major school of the ideology known as Trotskyism. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leon Trotsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Chosen

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Released: 2016-09-02

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet...

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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-02-18

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable...

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Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: 2018-06-10

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October...

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To Arms, We Are Fascists!

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1962-04-25

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of...

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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: 2021-04-27

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister...

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Anniversary of the Revolution

as Self - Politician
Released: 1918-11-07

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution...

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Human Remains

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1998-03-21

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating...

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The History of the Civil War

as Self - Soviet Politician
Released: 1921-06-01

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary...

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Stalin: Man of Steel

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-01-01

Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted...

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Tsar to Lenin

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1937-03-06

A documentary film account of the Russian Revolution, based on archival footage.

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Kino-Pravda No. 14

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1923-01-29

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: IV. Congress of the Comintern / Congress of the...

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The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-03-22

Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to...

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Halfway to Hell

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1953-02-21

Documentary of war atrocities with newsreel footage of concentration camps.

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The Return of Vertov

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2024-04-19

The film deals with intellectual activities which are usually hidden from the human eye. It...

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The Guns of August

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1964-12-24

Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to...

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Stalin - Trotsky: A Battle to Death

as Lev Davidovich Trotsky
Released: 2015-09-08

For 20 years, theirs was an ideological duel between two visions of Communism; a political duel,...

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The Brain of Soviet Russia

as Self
Released: 1919-04-30

This film shows us leaders of organizations that emerged after the Russian Revolution.

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Trotsky y México. Dos revoluciones del siglo XX

as uncredited
Released: 2006-01-01

"Trotsky and Mexico, two revolutions of the twentieth century" tells us of the famous Russian...

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Gentlemen in Storm and Gentlemen in Crown

as uncredited
Released: 1934-12-12

“A retrospect of European events during the past forty years, composed from early documentary...

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Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 1

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1996-02-20

Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew...

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A History of Antisemitism

as Self - Politician (archive footage)
First aired: 2022-04-12

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews,...

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Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1999-10-06

Communism spread to all of the continents of the word, lasting through four generations and over...

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