TROTSKY WAS A MIGHTY WARRIOR

A review of "The Assasination of Trotsky", featuring Richard Burton. 

When this movie was shown in Sweden back in 1972, a small and somewhat cranky group of Trotskyists became very upset.

This group, known as Posadists, picketed one of the cinemas showing the movie, and passed out a leaflet. The leaflet said: "Trotsky was a mighty warrior. His pencil was his sword and his eyeglasses were his shield".

And no, I don't know if this is a true story, but I heard it second hand from several sources. The Posadists also believed in UFOs and wanted Brezhnev to nuke America. Or so the grapevine says. The truth may be very different, but since nobody seems to take this movie seriously, I guess I could report this funny rumour...

As for the movie itself, I've only seen it once. And no, it wasn't very good. Trotsky, after all, was a MIGHTY WARRIOR. LOL!