Trotsky (TV series)

Trotsky
GenreBiographical
Written by
  • Oleg Malovichko
  • Ruslan Galeev
  • Pavel Tetersky
Directed byAlexander Kott
Konstantin Statsky
Starring
ComposerRyanOtter
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Producers
CinematographySergei Trofimov
Nikolai Bogachov
Production companySreda
Original release
Network
Release6 November (2017-11-06) –
9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)
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Trotsky (Russian: Троцкий) is a Russian biographical eight-episode television mini-series about Leon Trotsky directed by Alexander Kott and Konstantin Statsky. The series stars Konstantin Khabensky in the title role. It debuted on Channel One in Russia on 6 November 2017[1][2] for the centenary of the Russian Revolution.[3][4] The series is a rare high-budget artistic representation of Trotsky in post-Soviet Russia, as his name was a taboo during most of the Soviet period.

A number of professional historians have strongly criticized the mini-series for its historical inaccuracies. This includes the misrepresentation of Soviet personalities including Lenin and Trotsky along with the wider events of the Russian Revolution.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Самая долгожданная премьера сезона, многосерийный фильм "Троцкий", на Первом канале уже сегодня" [The most long-awaited premiere of the season, miniseries "Trotsky", on Channel One will air today] (in Russian). Channel One Russia.
  2. ^ Sergei Yuriev (5 November 2017). "Константин Хабенский: "Как человек Троцкий мне неинтересен!"" [Konstantin Khabensky: "As a person, Trotsky is uninteresting to me!] (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty.
  3. ^ "Russian state-run TV marks revolution's centenary with surprise series recounting rise and fall of Leon Trotsky". The Independent. 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ Joshua Yaffa (7 November 2017). "Putin's Russia Wrestles with the Meaning of Trotsky and Revolution". The New Yorker.
  5. ^ ""Unscientific fiction": Historians about the series "Demon of the Revolution" and "Trotsky"". Кинопоиск (in Russian).
  6. ^ Daly, Jonathan; Trofimov, Leonid (9 February 2023). Seven Myths of the Russian Revolution. Hackett Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-64792-106-4.