Asaltar los Cielos


1h 38m 1996

Brief Synopsis

An investigation of the "Trotsky assasination"--in 1940, Ramon Mercader, a young Catalan, drove an ice pick three centimeters into the skull of the controversial bearded Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), while he was feeding rabbits.

Film Details

Also Known As
Attacking the Skies, Storm the Skies
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Canal Plus Espana; Sogepaq S.A.; StudioCanal; Televisi=n Espa±ola (TVE)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Synopsis

An investigation of the "Trotsky assasination"--in 1940, Ramon Mercader, a young Catalan, drove an ice pick three centimeters into the skull of the controversial bearded Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), while he was feeding rabbits.

Film Details

Also Known As
Attacking the Skies, Storm the Skies
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1996
Production Company
Canal Plus Espana; Sogepaq S.A.; StudioCanal; Televisi=n Espa±ola (TVE)

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 38m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States 1997

Released in United States December 1997

Released in United States Fall October 1996

Released in United States February 1997

Released in United States on Video August 29, 2006

Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin Panorama) February 13-24, 1997.

Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.

Shown at Valladolid International Film Festival (Tiempos de Historia) October 20-28, 1996.

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.)

Feature directorial debut for journalist Javier Rioyo and cinematographer Jose Luis Lopez-Linares.

Released in United States February 1997 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin Panorama) February 13-24, 1997.)

Released in United States on Video August 29, 2006

Released in United States Fall October 1996 (Shown at Valladolid International Film Festival (Tiempos de Historia) October 20-28, 1996.)

Released in United States December 1997 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Spanish Cinema Now" December 5-24, 1997.)