Storm The Skies

A Portrait Of The Man Who Killed Trotsky - Ramón Mercader, Of His Family And Times.

With an exceptionally bright force, Storm The Skies depicts one of the most controversial historical events of the 20th Century: the assassination of Leon Trotsky, a communist who was instrumental in founding the Red Army and the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. Expelled from his homeland, Trotsky was allowed to reside in Mexico, after Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican muralist and his wife, had used their influence to make this possible. But tragedy unfolds when Ramon Mercader, one of Lenin´s most loyal followers makes his way through different identities to finally reach Trotsky´s hiding place in Coyoacán.

Storm The Skies is a unique documentary about Ramon Mercader, his motivations and his subsequent silence. With impressive archive footage and the powerful testimonies of Laura Mercader, Elena Poniatowska and Gay Mercader (among others), this piece of history is examined in accomplished and masterful film.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 2 Augusti, 2007