Anthropoid

Two Czechoslovak agents trained in Britain are parachuted into occupied Czechoslovakia to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi 'Protector' and architect of the Holocaust's administration. After a nearly failed attack, they and fellow resistance members take refuge in a church, besieged by German forces. The film depicts the mission's execution and its devastating retaliatory aftermath.

Operation Anthropoid resulted in the fatal wounding of Reinhard Heydrich on May 27, 1942, by Czechoslovak agents Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš; Nazi reprisals included the destruction of the village of Lidice and the deaths of thousands, with the agents and their supporters killed after a siege at the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague.

Closely follows the documented events of the assassination, the manhunt, and the final church siege.

Directed by Sean Ellis

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Toby Jones

Positioned at May 27 – June 18, 1942 within the World War II phase of the war, as part of the Operation Anthropoid. This is entry 66 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• Operation Anthropoid
• Reinhard Heydrich
• Czechoslovak resistance
• Prague
• Lidice massacre

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  Operation Daybreak

  May 27 – June 18, 1942

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  The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

  1942–October 1944

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  Twelve O'Clock High

  1942–1943

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  Army of Shadows

  October 1942 – February 1943

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  The Big Red One

  1942–1945

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  Atonement

  1935–1940