TV Guide: Online Video Guide Leon Trotsky

The Trotsky: International Trailer

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:39:18 -0500

International trailer for The Trotsky courtesy of QuietEarth. Jacob Tierney's hilarious The Trotsky follows Leon Bronstein (the phenomenal Jay Baruchel, in a star-making performance), a precocious Montreal teen who fervently believes himself to be the reincarnation of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. He's determined to duplicate every aspect of Trotsky's life, including being exiled, at least twice, and ultimately assassinated. His most pressing issues right now, though, are finding his Lenin and an older wife, preferably named Alexandra. When Leon tries to unionize his father's factory after working there for less than twenty-four hours, he's punished by having funds cut off for the ritzy private school he's been attending. Forced to enroll in a public high school, Leon finds his revolutionary zeal immediately tested when he meets the crusty, dictatorial Principal Berkhoff (Colm Feore) and his henchwoman, Mrs. Davis (Domini Blythe). Do the students he's desperately trying to organi

Frida: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera, to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic and sexual revolutionary. Frida chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared openly and unflinchingly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina) as this controversial couple took the art world by storm.

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Cycling Tour

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:34:25 -0500

The travels of "Mr. Gulliver," a chameleonic Cornish gentleman who assumes such varied identities as Leon Trotsky and Eartha Kitt. Other segments include bingo at the Chinese British Consul.

Leon Trotsky: Deported

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:49:12 -0500

On January 11th, 1928, Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Bolshevik revolution and early architect of the Soviet state, is deported by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Alma-Ata in remote Soviet Central Asia.

Exile In Buyakada

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:38:26 -0500

- DOCUDRAMA (2000) A documentary of Leon Trotsky's exiled years in Istanbul. ***Best Film -- MIFF Film Festival 2000*** Starring: Victor Sergachev, Isik Yenersu, Tan Sagturk, Narrated by Vanessa Redgrave Directed by: Turan Yavuz

Exile In Buyakada

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:48:20 -0500