Vyshinsky, chief trial prosecutor — Mission to Moscow Character Profile

About Vyshinsky, chief trial prosecutor

The chief prosecutor in the Moscow Trials. He orchestrates the show trials, publicly framing defendants as traitors working for Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, reflecting the Soviet government's justification for the purges.

Character Facts

Played by

Victor Francen

Appears in

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Role

Supporting

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