Set in 1941, Anthropoid is based on the extraordinary true story of the World War II operation to assassinate Nazi commanding officer Reinhard Heydrich. The story follows two soldiers from the Czech army-in-exile, Josef Gabčík (Cillian Murphy) and Jan Kubiš (Jamie Dornan).
Heydrich was the Reich’s third in command after Hitler and Himmler; he was the main architect behind the Final Solution and the leader of Nazi forces in Czechoslovakia.
Heydrich was nicknamed “The Butcher of Prague,” his reign of terror and brutality prompted the Czech authorities in London to hatch a top-secret mission, codenamed “Operation Anthropoid”. With limited intelligence and little equipment in a city locked down under Nazi occupation, they must find a way to assassinate Heydrich, and change history forever.
Watch the trailer here:
Anthropoid is out in cinemas on 9th September
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