A 50-minute fever dream where French actors BECOME Russian revolutionaries. Yes, really.
Story of the life of an extraordinary man, who with Lenin, was the symbol of the Revolution of 1917.
Acting
Chéreau's Trotsky is pure committed chaos.
Direction
Kébadian treats 50 minutes like a theatrical sprint.
Director
Jacques Kébadian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrice Chéreau later became one of France's most celebrated opera and theater directors—this was early proof he could command any room.
Made in 1967, this captures the exact moment French intellectuals were obsessed with revolutionary figures while mostly ignoring actual Soviet dissidents. Very on-brand.
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