Documentary film of Trotsky's years of Turkish exile on the island of Prinkipo. Based on Isaac Deutscher's The prophet outcast. Narrated by Vanessa Redgrave. Slow moving, haunting in tone, it nevertheless gives a flavour of this period of Trotsky's life, but is presented as a personal tragedy, rather than an episode his struggle to create a new revolutionary force, and turn the tide of reaction sweeping Europe. Still worth watching...
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