In 1917 the Russian Revolution triumphed.
Along with Lenin, Trotsky was one of its main protagonists and ideologues.
Trotsky was the creator of the Red Army
And managed to defeat up to 14 armies
That tried to end the revolutionary movement.
When Stalin took power,
Trotsky did not hesitate to confront him and his criminal methods,
Denouncing what he considered a betrayal of the Revolution.
Exiled and persecuted,
Trotsky and his wife Natalia arrived in Mexico in 1936,
The only country in the world that dared to give them asylum.
From there he promoted the creation of the Fourth Communist International,
A movement destined to recover the initial spirit
Of the revolutionary cause and end the power of Stalin.
In 1937,
Fearful of the growing international influence of his opponent,
Stalin gave an unappealable order to the GPU, his relentless secret police:
Kill Trotsky.
I am Kotov, from today you will be under my orders.
Your name is Jacques Mornard and you were born on 22 December 1905 in Brussels.
You were born a few days before Christmas, you were a precious baby.
Your hair was black and very long.
You went to a school very close to home,
You spent two years in a boarding school near Calais.
Summers spent with the grandparents in a mansion near the coast.
I studied at a Jesuit college close to home.
My name is Jacques Mornard, I was born in Brussels 32 years ago.
Sometimes you represented me to your favorite characters.
In winter we read together by the fire.
I would have liked to travel to the moon or go around the world
As in the novels of Jules Verne.
A young man awake and promising as I am.
Mom became my best friend and my protector.
Attend a concert in Vienna.
We started to go to the Opera frequently.
1932.
Two years.
Once in the restaurant, you should light a cigarette.
Ladies, they like it.
If you are going to read a map, wear the glasses, they will make you look more attractive.
Can you show me which restaurant you are in?
My name is Jacques Mornard, I was born in Brussels 32 years ago.
The only battles you are interested in are chess.
Mom taught me how to behave in those environments.
I always remember you as the happy child you were.
My name is Jacques Mornard and I was born in Brussels.
You are still my favorite son.
This is impossible.
I think cutting this meat
It's going to be the hardest test you've ever had.
- At your command General! - Rest.
Sir, I introduce you to Jacques Mornard, a Belgian comrade.
Belgian? For years I was a military attache at the Brussels embassy.
Do you mind if I go with the coffees?
Please.
I have great memories of Belgium,
A discrete and cultured country.
Where did you study, Monsieur Mornard?
In the Jesuits.
- For real? Yes.
Your parents must be very Catholic.
No. It was actually because the school was very close to home.
Funny, I do not remember any Jesuit schools in that neighborhood.
And would not you be bored in such a small city?
Beside Paris, Brussels is like a village.
No, I do not remember any Jesuit schools.
He can not remember everything.
Part of my job is watching and remembering...
And I do not remember that school.
- How important is it? - That I do not lie.
Sir, I have not told you to.
What I am telling you is that either you lie or I lie.
Answer me!
Where is the truth, M. Mornard?
Do not you know where the truth or the reality are?
They do not exist!
They are only subjective perceptions. They are tailor-made for each individual.
That's why lying is easier than telling the truth.
The one who lies is free to build his invention and give it strength.
He who speaks the truth is a prisoner of remembrance.
Just think that you have a reality of your own.
Whatever you decide!
Never leave her
And everyone will accept it.
I think it may be in your interest to know
I've never had the pleasure of meeting
Its beautiful, discrete and cultural city.
Never.
Continue.
To serve working people.
Congratulations, comrade.
You are ready to begin your mission.
You will only have a partial knowledge of it.
This will be your new uniform.
We will give you the information you need and at the right time.
You'll be safer the less you know.
For your promotion and for the success of the mission.
Welcome to the GPU.
Please...
I'm wishing to start!
You must leave no trace. Nothing should get involved with this place.
Why?
Our mission is not to ask questions, just to obey them.
Doubts do not exist because someone has already thought for us,
That's what will make you strong.
That will lead us to victory.
Ramon Mercader is dead, you are now Jacques Mornard.
Maybe Montmâtre...
Thank you very much.
Where are all those handsome Frenchmen who come out in magazines?
Be patient, miss, I'm sure Paris will not disappoint you.
I am sorry... I know... I did not think...
- Oh no, I hope you did not see me... - Who?
The man at the door.
- Who? - It's so boring.
Ruby! Nice to see you. I did not know you were in Paris.
I did not know you were here.
We've been here for a few days.
I introduce you to my friend Sylvia Ageloff.
- Jacques Mornard, enchanté. - Pleased to meet you.
- Are you waiting for someone else? - Do not.
- Mind if I join? - Please sit down.
Thank you.
I did not expect to see you here.
Actually, I live here.
- Seriously? Yes.
And... What brought you to Paris?
- To me? Yes.
He had always wanted to see Paris. It is a pleasure trip.
- First time? - Yes, first time.
In this case, I will feel very fortunate if they let me show it to you.
But we want more than just seeing the Eiffel Tower.
Clear.
Thank you, thank you dear friends. Welcome, everyone, tonight at Coq.
Newcomer from New York,
The boogie-boogie!
Teach me how to dance it.
- I dont know... - Clear! Are not you from New York?
Ruby...
Look, I might...
Look how Ruby is.
I'm telling you, it's a drink.
- Are you having a good time? Yes.
It has been raining.
- You're good? - All right.
Well well...
Come on, let's go.
I'm fine, I'm fine...
It's okay...
Are you going to get up? It's been a beautiful day out.
- It's too early for me. - Ruby...
- I drank too much. - Maybe.
Merci...
It's from Jacques. He's coming to pick us up for dinner.
That Belgian does not waste time.
Thank you.
I think when you leave the room you will feel better.
You know, dinner will be fun.
- I can not go out like that. - For real?
- I do not feel well. - Then I'll stay with you.
Do not be silly, enjoy Paris. Do it for me.
You do not hurt anyone.
Can I ask you a favor?
Yeah right.
Use my lipstick.
A little color will suit you.
Good Morning.
Breakfast is ready.
- Do you want more? - I'm fine thanks.
It's Mom.
And what would he think if he saw us now?
That I have been very reckless putting a stranger in my house.
I hardly know anything about you.
- There is not much to tell. - For real?
I am a psychologist.
I work with children, in Brooklyn schools.
Many are children of immigrants who barely speak English,
Those children are lost in a world they do not understand,
Poverty does not help either. I try to help them
Sometimes I get it.
- It's you? - Yes, it's me.
I was 6 years old. It's in Saint Etienne.
I have spent much of my life accompanying my mother on her travels.
I have been of little use to my fellow men.
How long will you stay in Paris?
I have to tell you that I feel somewhat guilty.
Because I have not told you the whole truth...
Let's see...
I have actually come to Paris to participate in the Fourth International.
You do not know what it is?
Do not.
A new universal exhibition?
Do not...
It is a movement driven by Lev Davidovich...
Oh...
Trotsky...
Agree.
I have to be very discreet because Trotsky has many enemies.
A few days ago they found the tortured body with no head
Of his last secretary floating on the Seine.
So...
That's why I have to go carefully and not talk too much.
- Who could have done such a thing? - The men of the GPU. Stalin.
While you are with me, I will not let anything happen to you.
I admire people with commitment.
That's something I've never been able to get.
I will still be here for a few weeks,
But you do not have to fear, I will not demand anything from you.
I know I look naive and surely I am.
But I know the situation,
- from my summer episode condition. - You're wrong.
You're totally wrong.
It will not be easy for you to get rid of me.
Dear Sylvia,
I think of you constantly,
I imagine walking beside you,
Breathing your air and sharing your life.
The days we spend together now seem to me the best I've ever lived.
Without realizing it I look for you in the cafe where we met
Or stroll through the parks that we traveled together sometime.
My life is monotonous and only my photographs keep me active.
I wish I could leave everything to go get you,
Maybe it does, even if it sounds crazy.
You feel the same than me?
Hi. How are you? How was your day?
- Well, how's yours going? - All right.
I am going to my room.
Listen, Sylvia.
It seems to me that a letter from Europe has arrived.
Thank you.
Is it impossible for you to return to Paris?
I dream of seeing you again and I hope to achieve it at the slightest opportunity.
Write me soon,
Your letters are the only antidote to my loneliness.
He loves you,
Jacques.
My dear Jacques.
Knowing what you think of me fills me with happiness
And gives me strength to wait for you.
Every day I wait for your letters
And when they arrive I can do nothing but read them over and over again.
There is a lot of work to do here,
We are organizing help centers for refugee families.
We have managed to open schools where there were none,
Now many of the boys already have a place to learn.
Remembering the days that we spent together in Paris fills me with life.
Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime.
Sylvia.
The first piece has already fallen.
You will get everything you want from it.
Yes.
You must stop seeing it,
Now you just have to think about your mission.
I'll say goodbye to her this afternoon.
I'll do it.
And now?
Wait, you just have to keep the fire going.
When the time comes you will go to Mexico, she will follow you.
Sylvia.
Jacks.
I've missed you so much. You must be exhausted.
The hotel is not far from here.
It's beautiful, Jacques.
Here I am Frank Jackson,
A Canadian passport takes me away from the European war.
It was my mother's idea.
Jackson?
Jack!
How's your job, Jack?
Bored. I export raw materials to a Chicago company.
Not too interesting but they pay well.
Are you happy you came?
You know that.
Well tell me, I will not tire of hearing it.
Do you run the curtains?
We also lost because there were many traitors.
- And in Mexico we have the most dangerous. - That's what we came to talk about.
Now that we live together we could get married.
I wish my mother knew you.
It is important?
Yes...
What job is that you could not tell me over the phone?
I will work for Trotsky...,
A few hours a day. The rest of the time will be for us.
It's not dangerous?
I can get you a job with one of my clients.
- Even better! You can be my secretary. - You do not understand...
It is more than a job.
It is a commitment to ideas, a form of struggle.
I know, but I'm afraid something will happen to you,
I have not been able to forget the things you have told me.
That's why it's so important to keep fighting.
Besides, the Old Man has learned to defend himself.
- Be careful. - Bye.
Thank you.
He says he has a nice car.
Thank you, yes it is.
You have to earn a lot of money to have one like that.
It pays the company.
Wait a moment!
Would you mind taking a picture with me next to the car?
It's for my father.
- Have you come a long time? - Not too much.
Do not?
I've spent the day in customs,
Two banana wagons rotting by a permit. Crazy. And you?
Intense!
The Stalinist press does not stop attacking the old man and we have to...
I forgot that you're not interested in politics.
You did not tell me about the danger this morning.
Why do you say that?
For the gunmen, one of them has come out with a machine gun.
- I just wanted a souvenir photo. "It was Bob Sheldon,
Just arrived from New York. It's like a kid, and a lot of fun.
Not so much when you aim with a machine gun. Trust me.
You do not have to fear anything from them, they are not dangerous,
Are only sympathizers of Trotsky.
Some are the first time they have a gun in their hands.
For the first time?
I do not know what they would do if they ever had to use it. You will soon meet them.
Yes thanks.
Oh thanks.
This is for you.
Thank you.
And this is for you!
Well, well, well, Jack...
Jack, he does not want any pictures.
It's just a photograph.
Jack, make us one.
Clear.
Let's see... Let me help you.
Other?
Well OK.
Oh no, no, no...
Otto smiles...
No Please...
I want to toast Mexico.
The first revolutionary country, the only one with the courage to welcome Trotsky.
A country alive and full of energy. For Mexico!
It only seems to me a backward and primitive country.
Besides, I'm horrified by that way of talking... so wild.
Spanish does not have the elegance of English,
Nor the Präzision of German, nor the musicalité of the French.
I know what you're saying.
They certainly have not had the privilege of going to the same schools as you.
- Otto! He's just kidding! - Is he?
Otto is right, but my intention was not to offend anyone.
I value the effort and sacrifice you make for the revolution.
But I do not believe in revolutions,
In the end everything ends up being the same, some up and some down.
Why shed blood to get to the same site?
Do you deny the right of the oppressed to strive for a better life?
No, I'm just saying...
It's what you think, let me tell you. Not everyone would dare.
Without the class struggle and without that blood...
- We would still be slaves. - Right.
- And how would you call these people? - This is not the theme!
Otto... It's an opinion.
The one on the top.
You should make the effort to look at the story from the other side.
Surely you're right... I'm just a poor ignorant who has drunk too much.
Yes.
But I am sure that I will learn to see life from that other side too.
I have some books that might interest you, my friend.
Please let me pay.
You have been very kind in holding me... It's the least I can do.
Please!
- Thank you very much. - You're welcome.
Thank you.
That's Harold Robins,
Has been in the fight since he was almost a child,
Knows many dungeons and spent two years in Sing Sing,
Is responsible for security. Too bad I'm not on the right side.
Otto, takes all its life next to the traitor and never separates of him.
He is suspicious and can be a real danger.
Sheldon is a newcomer.
I barely have information from him but he seems harmless.
He thinks he's living an adventure.
You've done a great job.
I do not want to spend all day locked up in the hotel.
It is better that you leave as little as possible,
There are many Spanish refugees and some can recognize you.
Remember. This is Frank Jackson.
I want to participate in what is being prepared. I can not wait.
Waiting is part of our job.
Do not you like the secretary?
Your mission is to be with her.
In Belgium, things have not gone better
And the battle of Sedam has been lost.
The fighting is now only a few miles from Brussels.
This morning Mr. Churchill has made an appearance in front of Parliament.
We have many, many years of struggle and suffering ahead of us.
You ask...
Please...
Charlatan.
That charlatan and his European allies
Have been closing their eyes before the beast,
Have primed it for years,
And now they lament because they feel their claws in their own flesh.
Where were they when Hitler bombed Spain?
Is everything lost, then?
Not my dear Rosmer,
There is never anything lost as long as a single person keeps the fight going.
Let us not forget what is happening in Mexico.
The Mexican Communist Party and its union
Do not stop asking Comrade Trotsky's head.
Signal you are preparing to cut it.
Lev, while that time comes,
Why do not you lend us some attention?
Do not listen to us,
They are not things that at your age have to worry you.
Natasha.
You're still the most beautiful woman I've ever met.
Sylvia is beautiful, and more cheerful.
It seems you have light!
I think he has a good reason.
Yes, his name is Jack. He's in Mexico on business.
But he's hardly interested in politics.
- Are you in love? - A lot.
That is the best policy.
Colonel Salazar has arrived.
Excuse me.
Where did you meet him?
In Paris a little over a year ago.
It's strange.
What?
May he have come from Paris to Mexico.
Why should it be strange?
None of us here are born in Mexico.
I see you do not trust the cops too much
Which I have ordered will protect you day and night.
What are you afraid of? Bomb him from the air?
- It could be. "Serene, Don Leon.
Do not tell me what to do!
An attack is being prepared and you seem unable to see it.
I think Lev is having trouble controlling his character again.
We would not have to worry so much, this is a safe place.
The devil knows how to be everywhere.
Who?
The chief of the secret police.
What do you have here?
- You're reading Trotsky. - Robins lent it to me.
- Robins lent it to you. - Yes. That's why I'm reading it.
All right, okay.
You must be very worried about your mother.
- Why should I be? - Hitler has invaded Belgium.
Yes, it's terrible.
But my mother has been living on the French Riviera for months.
- She's lucky... - It is...
- What did the policeman want? - It's the Colonel...
I had forgotten that in Mexico all are generals or colonels.
Trotsky wanted to see him,
We have learned that important members of the GPU have arrived in the city.
How can you know something like that? That of the GPU.
Could it be that the old man has become paranoid?
The Trotskyites are apparently very few,
But we have many sympathizers.
Even in the GPU we have people who help us by passing information.
Do you know them?
No. That would be dangerous for them, they take precautions.
I had to tell you about you today.
To who?
The old man, Natalia...
I had to explain my happy face...
I think they have discovered it.
What?
That I'm in love.
Come on?
We do not believe that the police credit those allegations,
But it is still dangerous.
- I can try to find out something else. - No. Keep pretending disinterest.
Does that mean the operation stops?
It means that we advance it.
What will I have to do?
You already have, your help has been important.
I thought you expected more from me.
For a watch to work, all parts are necessary.
These nights do not leave the hotel.
And do not get separated from the secretary.
They are soldiers!
Hello?
Is for you.
Hi.
Yes...
I am coming right away.
What's going on?
- Trotsky's house was stormed. - What?
And you have an idea who is responsible
Of all this violence, Don Leon?
I am sure who has been
And I can even tell you where to find him.
Well, you say, Don Leon.
Joseph Stalin, and you can find him in Moscow.
You send me far, do not you?
Look at the Communist Party of Mexico and you will reach the GPU,
They have organized it.
Today I will stay at the hotel in case you need anything.
I'll call you when I know how things are. "
Let me go, let me go, do not put your hands on me...
Do not put your hands on me! Let me go, let me go!
We are innocent, we are good communists, we are innocent...
The only culprit is Stalin!
Let me go, we are innocent!
They are false, that news is false!
I myself saw him twist with the shots.
So who spoke to the press this morning?
Did anyone make sure he was dead?
The light was off. And because? Why was it turned off? Why?
I had it removed so that the alarms did not sound.
You will have to inform Moscow.
Moscow is already informed,
All the teletypes in the world will be giving at the moment
The news of our failure.
I'm sure.
We emptied the magazines against those beds.
He had to be dead.
What if they were not in the beds?
If someone had warned them, the beds would be empty.
Only we knew the goal.
Sheldon...
We did not choose it. He came directly from New York...
You should find out who it is.
I'll take care of it, please.
Better wait inside, we do not trust what can happen out there.
- How are you? - We good.
But they will try again, and I do not think they will.
And those bastards have taken Sheldon. We all expect the worst.
- Why do you say that? - He's a witness.
They will never leave you alive.
I'm very worried about Sylvia.
In these circumstances, what I am going to say to you will seem selfish, but...
I do not want anything to happen to him. What will be next time? A bomb? Another assault?
Jack, Jack, you do not have to embarrass yourself,
I would be worried too... But we have learned the lesson.
We are going to raise walls, we will electrify them,
We will double the vigilantes, we will shield the doors.
We're not going to let any son of a bitch out of the GPU
Enter here or approach the Old Man with bad intentions.
You need someone to take you to dinner.
It will not be able to be, the Old man has not stopped writing,
Everyone wants their version. And I have to translate many of them.
And there are the Rosmer.
In two days they have to take the boat in Veracruz,
We are looking for the way that they do not go alone.
I can take them.
- We can not ask you something like that. - Of course!
Does that let you go to dinner?
It's not possible, Jack, nothing I'd like more.
Do not wait for me, I will end up very late and I will surely sleep here.
I HAVE TO TAKE THE ROSMER TO VERACRUZ. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Sylvia.
Hi. Natalia has not let the Old man continue to work.
We have all blessed her.
"Have you gone to dinner without me?" - I needed to go around.
- You're good? - Clear.
How has it been?
Trotsky thanks you for accompanying the Rosmers to Veracruz.
We have been invited to tea.
It will be nice.
Sometimes I'm scared.
Of what?
Not to fit into your life.
I'm not the woman your mother would like for her son.
Maybe you also think it but
You do not want to tell me not to hurt me.
Why will not you like it?
I am not of his kind, nor of his circle...
Besides, I'm Jewish.
- How important is it? - In Europe, at the moment it has it.
- Not for me. - And for her?
If you were so sure we would have married.
- Sylvia... - Not that I care, but...
Sylvia...
You've been restless for days. Something is happening. What?
Apart from my mother, there is only you.
Let's get married if that's what's bothering you.
I should have gone to Spain.
It is there that the world must have stopped Hitler's feet.
There is something we all wonder.
We fired hundreds of bullets and none of them hurt Trotsky.
How could it be?
Because of all those who were there, Trotsky was the only one who was not drunk.
"Is that what you're going to tell?" - That's what I saw.
How long do I have to be on this site?
What do you think we've come for? Let's prepare your trip.
- Nastrovia! - Nastrovia.
Yes?
Sir, the cab he asked for arrived.
Must be a mistake, I did not ask for a taxi.
Bring the message to pick up Mr. Frank Jackson.
What do I tell them?
Since the night of the assault someone has been following me.
Maybe the police?
If it were the police, you'd already be detained.
You're exposing us.
No errors or weaknesses are allowed on the GPU.
You should not have looked for me.
And you should not leave the hotel without a good reason.
- I'm not in jail. - You're on a mission.
- I never thought you'd make me watch. - We're all under surveillance.
There is always an informant between us.
- Be suspicious. - Of you?
- Of my mother? - Who knows?
Maybe you're an informant.
Now you are your main danger.
Why did you take Sheldon?
To protect you. He is a comrade, it was he who opened the door.
And where is he now?
He must be in New York waiting for all this to happen.
It's horrible what they have to do.
But in the end it's to be safer.
Are they going to do that with all the windows?
Yes, with all.
It is a pity.
Lev! I'll introduce you to Frank Jackson.
Nice to meet you.
I wanted to personally thank you for the help you have given us.
It does not matter, it's just a grain of sand.
Sometimes it is small gestures that change the course of history.
See what state they want to reduce us.
But there is no wall able to close the passage to the truth.
Over here, we have prepared the tea in the garden.
Please.
Thank you.
Truth opens the way to revolution.
I have read it in one of his books.
He thought he was not interested in politics.
They are the bad influences.
Please, sit down.
As you can imagine in Moscow there is great anxiety.
This was not what was expected of you.
You know I appreciate you, but you will not forgive this failure.
- I would not forgive him either. - I'm glad you understand.
Nor would he forgive the loss of the operation for a stumbling block.
A stumbling block? Everything has jumped in the air.
It could not get any worse.
Not only is the traitor alive. You have also exposed Stalin.
- You should listen. - What?
What you are going to say in Moscow.
It's okay. What is the theory?
We are not talking about theories.
We were sent to shoot on empty beds.
Trotsky did not sleep there that night, someone warned him.
- Can you prove it? - Keep it alive.
And who could tell him?
Sheldon, the man of confidence you sent us from New York.
It's okay,
We have methods to know the truth. Get me Sheldon.
Is dead.
I do not understand, did you obey orders or acted on your own?
He tried to flee,
If I had gotten it now, we would have a bigger problem.
You do not believe me?
What matters what I believe,
Let us think of what is most convenient for all.
Maybe we should both go to Moscow to explain it.
What can we do?
Now it's harder than ever to get close to him...
But they have left one of ours inside.
He's just an informant. He is not ready for action.
He is better prepared than any of us.
He is the chosen one.
We are considering you for a mission.
Do you know who you're dealing with, Colonel?
Yes, I swear.
Siqueiros will soon be stopped.
Siqueiros is only a puppet.
The authors have to look for them in the GPU,
Its members are still in Mexico and will try again,
this time
They will not fail.
Colonel...
I have received reliable information,
The people you are looking for come from Spain.
Mexico has been full of Spaniards since they lost their war.
But trust me. I will find you,
Neither do they know who they are facing.
Ramon?
I do not call myself that.
I am Jacques Mornard.
Sylvia.
Sylvia. What's going on?
They've found Sheldon. He's been murdered.
That's impossible.
You have found your body this morning, Trotsky has already identified you.
This afternoon I was desperate,
I needed you and I went to find you at the office.
They do not know anything about your company.
They have all been reviewed.
Did not find the offices?
No no. I've talked to the custodians, no one knows you...
Nobody knows anything about your company.
So, are you telling me that I've cheated on you?
Could not you have been wrong in number? That's impossible?
It's easier for me to lie.
I'm not saying you're lying to me.
I'm just saying I went to the address you told me.
- And the concierges do not know you. - Did they have to know me?
Do you know them? Did you know the custodians, Sylvia?
- No no no... - Sylvia.
You trust some strangers more than me.
- I wrote down the address you gave me. - You could not take her wrong?
Sometimes you seem like a stranger to me.
Who are you really?
The man you're getting married in a few weeks. That's who I am.
I do not know what's happening.
- Get dressed, please. - What?
You wanted to know my office, let's meet her. I have the keys.
Jac! Jac!
Do not leave me alone. Not now.
If there is another woman you can tell me.
There is no one else.
It's only you.
Perfect.
No one can survive this.
Did Sheldon need to die?
You talk as if Sheldon was innocent,
And if you believe it, you deceive yourself completely.
None of us in the GPU is innocent.
We have all accumulated merits so that something like this can happen to us.
And Carles? What was he guilty of?
How many communists died in Spain?
Thousands.
What were they guilty of?
Do you have to be guilty to die for the cause?
If your captain is dead, there was a good reason.
Heavens! No wonder you're sweating.
What do you need a trench coat for?
We are in August and this is Mexico. Do you have to wear all those clothes?
You know it rains a lot of afternoons.
Take a look at this.
That would prevent anyone from throwing grenades from the outside.
It is not with grenades that they will try to kill you.
Jackson!
You should leave me the passport.
The police want to have all the data they enter.
- When you go out, I'll give it back to you. - Clear...
What brings you here?
Have not you come with Sylvia?
He has gone out to buy gifts for his family.
As you know, we left in a few days in New York.
Good afternoon, Jackson.
I... I wrote an article...
I would like to hear your opinion.
We'd better go to my office.
Please.
It is somewhat confusing,
You should look for a simpler way to expose your approaches.
- I'll correct it and I'll bring it back. - Well, write it down,
Its letter is hardly understood.
I do not like this character.
"You say he was educated in Paris?" - Why?
All the while he's been in my office
Has not removed his hat,
Besides he has sat on the edge of the table.
A Frenchman would never have behaved like that.
I've never liked it, it's a strange person.
We should not let him in again.
If we give in to our fears, we will turn this house into a prison.
We will not give Stalin that taste.
Soon he will leave and we will not see him again.
Greta wanted to say goodbye to us, I have to eat tomorrow.
Otto will also come. It's okay?
It's this city that makes you sick.
You will not find it difficult to get a job in New York.
You do not need your mother to live your life.
We would love to have you. Yes?
Yes, it would be great if you came.
No, but New York... That means catching the boat
I'm a coward, and I can not go by boat.
- He's making excuses. - No, i do not do it!
- I think he's making excuses. - No, really, you know me.
- No, we'll come. Definitely... - You can convince him.
Yes. - We'll be safe.
You're getting married soon, it's so exciting...
Are you ready? Are you ready?
To say goodbye to everyone and...
We'll say goodbye to Natalia and Lev this afternoon, it will be difficult but...
I want to tell you something.
I've never trusted you.
You are so perfect that everything smells like a lie.
When you leave, I'll be calmer.
I'll be glad if I'm wrong,
Sylvia deserves a good man.
- In a few minutes I have a meeting. - Business is business.
I said I paid today.
- Shall we stay here? - Yes, I'll see you at five.
Do you still want to marry me?
Now more than ever.
In a couple of hours I'll pick you up.
What makes you doubt?
Not all who are dying are traitors.
Not another word on that subject. We will do what is right.
What if we are mistaken?
If someone divides the working class, is not he a traitor?
Trotsky is on Hitler's pay.
Those lies are only published by our press. You know it as well as I do.
What do you see as special in using lies to destroy the enemy?
The truth is sometimes a luxury that we can not afford.
And have not we lost ourselves in such a lie?
Have you ever doubted?
Who can be interested in our doubts?
We have been trained to serve the party and not to question it,
We are his ignoble children.
Nobody gets out of this machinery.
Because you can not question it without going to the enemy!
There is no alternative, to obey or to betray.
And neither you nor I will ever pass to the enemy.
Leave aside your scruples.
Before becoming a traitor, Trotsky was a great revolutionary
And he always knew that the triumph of revolution demands sacrifices,
Never trembled at the time of destroying the enemies.
Now he is the enemy.
Son...
I'm proud of you,
Your name will shine next to the great heroes.
Everything will be fine.
Yes.
He already has a bullet in the bedroom.
If necessary do not hesitate to use it.
Employ it to the exit and shoot if someone wants to stop you.
You are prepared, they are not.
It is not as effective but it is quiet.
Maybe you need it to finish the job.
The Secretary.
Are you sure the secretary will not go to the house on her own?
Her name is Sylvia.
Sorry.
Has Sylvia arrived?
Do not.
No, miss, Mr. Jackson has not called.
Someone has given them wet grass, that is why they are swollen.
Why are you still carrying that raincoat with the heat it does?
Already knows. Maybe it rains and I do not want to catch cold.
- You have a very bad face. - I do not feel well.
Do you want some tea?
I would appreciate a glass of water, my mouth is dry.
Thank you.
Let me see that article.
- Oh, Sylvia, hello! - Hello.
- I thought Jack would be here. "Did not I have to pick you up at the hotel?"
He has not, he has not called. It's strange, Jack is very punctual.
He will not have noticed the time, take something and we wait for him.
I'm sure it's all right.
What was that?
OMG! What happened?
Jackson.
Tell them not to kill him.
Stop them, that man has a story to tell.
Natasha.
I love you.
Lev
Do you think he will have achieved it?
They have tried to assassinate him.
Do you know anything about Jack?
You have to find a taxi!
It was Jackson,
He has tried to kill the Old Man.
My name is Jacques Mornard,
I am a Trotskyite and a Belgian citizen.
I tried to kill Trotsky because he wanted to deceive me.
How?
I wanted him to abandon the woman I love,
Sylvia,
And went to Moscow to assassinate Stalin.
He is charged with murder.
Trotsky has just died.
What do they want from me now?
It's just a check, we want to know if you know a person.
Do you know who this man is?
He is a traitor to friendship,
to love
And to ideas,
He's just a coward and a murderer.
Coward! Kill him! Kill him like he has killed Trotsky!
He's a coward! He's a coward!
Coward!
He's a cowardly traitor!
He's a coward! Coward!
My name is Jacques Mornard, and I am a Belgian citizen.
The embassy denies it.
I do not understand why.
Who sent you to Mexico?
My mother wanted to stay away from the war in Europe...
My name is Jacques Mornard and I am a Belgian citizen.
It was my mother who pulled me away from the war in Europe.
We will not leave you until you tell us the truth.
As it is called?
My name is Jacques Mornard and I am a Belgian citizen.
My mother wanted to make sure I did not miss anything.
You're a liar. Your mother does not exist.
Everything you say is a lie.
I believe you, Mr. Mornard.
I think he has a wonderful mother.
There is only one thing I do not understand.
Why did not he come to help him?
Where is your mother now?
Have you forgotten about yourself?
Have you abandoned him?
Do not.
Mom is proud of me,
I have always been your favorite son.
From the time I was a child he took me to the best theaters,
Milan,
London,
Paris...
Ramón Mercader was sentenced to 20 years in prison,
During all that time he remained a Belgian citizen named Jacques Mornard.
Once released he traveled to Moscow,
Where he received the Hero Star of the Soviet Union,
The highest decoration a communist could aspire to.
He died in Havana in 1978.
After the trial, Sylvia Ageloff
Disappeared from the public scene
And never granted an interview nor allowed to be photographed.
He died in Brooklyn in 1995, was 85 years old.
Caridad received in Moscow the Order of Lenin and a generous pension,
But the harshness of life in the Soviet Union was unbearable to him
And preferred to go to Paris
To occupy a discreet administrative position in the Cuban embassy.
He died in Paris in 1975.
Nahum Eitington, alias Kotov,
Was imprisoned in the Soviet Union years later.
Stalin's death was released
And returned to jail accused of Stalinist.
He ended his days in Moscow by living with a modest pension.
Natalia spent the rest of her life defending ideas
For which she and her husband had fought.
Its ashes rest next to those of Trotsky
At his home in Coyoacan in Mexico.