Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Trotsky

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of one of the key figures of the 20th century—Lenin’s companion and Stalin’s favorite target—uses nearly 1,500 hitherto unpublished photos and film clips to tell the story of Leon Trotsky’s intellectual and political role in the birth of the Soviet Union; his leadership positions before,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. (58 minutes)

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Item#: BVL2274

VHS ISBN 978-1-4213-8381-1
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-8382-8


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