Leon Trotsky

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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.

Most Popular Leon Trotsky Trailers

Total trailers found: 25

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 1 Trailer (1996)

20 February 1996

Historic Russian battles to repel invaders serve as prelude to the story of events that redrew the map of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia in the 20th century.

Human Remains Trailer (1998)

21 March 1998

Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of the 20th century's most reviled dictators.

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle Trailer (2021)

27 April 2021

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin Trailer (2025)

06 June 2025

As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.

Stalin: Man of Steel Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union.

Anniversary of the Revolution Trailer (1918)

07 November 1918

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.

The Chosen Trailer (2016)

02 September 2016

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.

Murnau, Borzage and Fox Trailer (2008)

09 December 2008

Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema.

Stalin - Trotsky: A Battle to Death Trailer (2015)

08 September 2015

For 20 years, theirs was an ideological duel between two visions of Communism; a political duel, a duel for power, and above all, a duel to the death.

The History of the Civil War Trailer (1921)

01 June 1921

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion.

To Arms, We Are Fascists! Trailer (1962)

25 April 1962

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post-WWII reaction to the Fascist experience.

The Brain of Soviet Russia Trailer (1919)

30 April 1919

This film shows the leaders of organizations that emerged after the Russian Revolution. It is the fragment of ‘Anniversary of the Revolution’ made by Vertov in 1918.

1917 - Jahr der Entscheidung Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Four documentary scenes with subtitles document the year 1917 as the beginning of a new era. In addition to the military situation and the supply situation in Germany, the intervention of the USA and the events in Russia are shown in particular.

Halfway to Hell Trailer (1953)

21 February 1953

Documentary of war atrocities with newsreel footage of concentration camps.

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre Trailer (2020)

18 February 2020

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades.

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution Trailer (2017)

28 February 2017

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

The Guns of August Trailer (1964)

24 December 1964

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

The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo Trailer (2005)

22 March 2005

Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the full spectrum of the historical and cultural influences that shaped her.

Gentlemen in Storm and Gentlemen in Crown Trailer (1934)

12 December 1934

“A retrospect of European events during the past forty years, composed from early documentary material, and including one of the earliest extant specimens of news-reel film dating from 1897.

Tsar to Lenin Trailer (1937)

06 March 1937

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

Leon Trotsky - The Life of a Revolutionary Trailer (2017)

26 October 2017

To mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the International Marxist Tendency and In Defence of October campaign present this original documentary celebrating the life and accomplishments of one of the revolution’s main leaders: Leon Trotsky.

The Last Warlord of Mongolia Trailer (2025)

06 July 2025

A documentary about Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.

The Return of Vertov Trailer (2024)

19 April 2024

The film deals with intellectual activities which are usually hidden from the human eye. It concerns doing research in film archives, searching for missing films and bringing them back to life.

Trotsky y México. Dos revoluciones del siglo XX Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

"Trotsky and Mexico, two revolutions of the twentieth century" tells us of the famous Russian revolutionary asylum by President Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico.

Kino-Pravda No. 14 Trailer (1923)

29 January 1923

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