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7.1/10 • 998

2016-08-122h 0m

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Resistance has a code name

In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.

Directors
Sean Ellis
Writters
Anthony Frewin, Sean Ellis
Editors
Anthony Frewin, Richard Mettler

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  1. Jamie Dornan

    Jamie Dornan

    Jan Kubiš

  2. Cillian Murphy

    Cillian Murphy

    Josef Gabčík

  3. Charlotte Le Bon

    Charlotte Le Bon

    Marie Kovárníková

  4. Anna Geislerová

    Anna Geislerová

    Lenka Fafková

  5. Harry Lloyd

    Harry Lloyd

    Adolf Opálka

  6. Toby Jones

    Toby Jones

    Jan Zelenka

  7. Alena Mihulová

    Alena Mihulová

    Mrs. Moravec

  8. Marcin Dorociński

    Marcin Dorociński

    Ladislav Vanék

  9. Bill Milner

    Bill Milner

    Ata Moravec

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Reno

Dec 4, 2016

8/10

Assassinating the nazi general was their mission, but it initiated the resistance. Honestly, I thought it was some science fiction film. The title sounded like one, so I had to google for its definition. This is an assassination theme, that sets in the early 40s in the Czechoslovakia. The early days of the world war two, where the exile soldiers were sent to eliminate the nazi general Reinhard Heydrich, who was handling the Czechoslovakian affairs. From theirs preparation to the plan execution and the outcome of the result was what this film reveals for us. A war film, that too was based on the real, especially the WWII means no need to say how powerful it would be. This was directed by the 'Metro Manila' filmmaker. An internationally produced film, but the cast does not have any big names. I mean Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy are not globally recognised, particularly when it comes to the film marketing. So it stumbled at the box office. I liked them both and the others as well. The film was not bad as criticised by the film critics. I would say make your own call after watching it. It was so neat and clean on what it dealt with. The issue with it was too much blank space and then in the mid part where the assassination happened, the film came alive. Again towards the final, the pace gone up and finished strongly. So I think overall length should have been trimmed for a better narration/result. Not for me, I liked as it is now, but some viewers think it is a draggy. Small budget film, but worth a watch. Because the production quality was great, no compromise on visuals or the settings, but most of them were shot in the real locations to give us the real effect. Definitely one of the best film among WWII related theme. Anyway, this is not a war film, but very much similar to the recent Korean film 'Assassination' about killing the Japanese general. Films like this are must see, because it reveals how much the people, the society and the nation struggled under the nazi atrocities. Surely recommended! 8/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$4,600,000.00
Keywords
assassinationnazigermanyworld war iiprague, czech republicbiographyfemale protagonistthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)operation anthropoidczech historyseriousassassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)lidice massacre