The plot is based on the wwii operation to assassinate the reichs third in command, reinhard heydrich. Based on the extraordinary true story of operation anthropoid, the wwii mission to assassinate ss general reinhard heydrich, the main architect behind the final solution and the reichs third in. When heydrich was killed in prague, they didnt want to kill the private. It helped that prague is a good place to film a 1940s period movie, as the old town area. Reinhard heydrich began his career as an officer in the postworld war i german navy. Assassination of reinhard heydrich 1992 rotten tomatoes. In december 1941, czech soldiers josef gabcik cillian murphy and jan kubis jamie dornan parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate nazi officer reinhard heydrich detlef bothe. The allied plot to assassinate him, masterminded in england. But there was a reason his assassination, codenamed operation anthropoid, was the. Appointed protectorate of bohemia and moravia, heydrich, dubbed the butcher of prague, was one of hitlers most savage and influential. On 27 may, 1942, reinhard heydrich, hitlers brutal governor of bohemia and slovakia, head of the reich security main office, confidante of himmler and hitler, and one of the architects of the third reichs final solution, was severely wounded in an audacious ambush in prague on heydrichs unprotected vehicle. Czech pride in jan kubis, killer of reinhard heydrich. In 1942, britain sends a group of britishtrained czech commandos to prague to assassinate ssgeneral reinhard heydrich, head of the nazi security services. Dramatic portrayals of reinhard heydrich number among the more numerous of any second world war figure, comparable to adolf hitler as well as war films.
Operation anthropoid and the plot to kill the holocausts. Reinhard heydrich life and assassination britannica. He also directed germanys campaign to motivate the jews to emigrate. See how it was carried out and what the consequences were. In some movies it doesnt make you feel good or anything but that sound of the bullet.
Reinhard eugen tristan heydrich 19041942 was arguably the most enigmatic, and perhaps the most sinister, of all of the nazi leaders. Anthropoid is one of those rare thrillers that actually educates viewers. Jason clarke and rosamund pike star alongside jack oconnell and mia wasikowska in the man with the iron heart, a frenchproduced drama about the heydrich assassination during wwii. Reinhard heydrich simple english wikipedia, the free. Assassination of reinhard heydrich some interesting facts. Reinhard heydrich was a man of complex contradictions. The grave of notorious nazi gestapo chief reinhard heydrich, dubbed the butcher of prague and called the man with the iron heart by adolf hitler, has been forced open in berlin. In 1941, reinhard heydrich was one of the most powerful and dangerous men in nazi germany. Reinhard heydrich biography facts, childhood, life of. Watch a short documentary detailing the day of the assassination, then view a reinhard heydrich biography that features home movie footage of the highranking nazi official with his wife and children. Code name for the plan to assassinate nazi obergruppenfuhrer reinhard heydrich in 1942. Timothy bottoms, martin shaw, joss ackland, nicola pagett.
Based on the extraordinary true story of operation anthropoid, the wwii mission to assassinate ss general reinhard heydrich, the main architect. He was chief of the reich main security office including the gestapo, kripo, and sd. Two soldiers from the czechoslovak army based in britain were assigned to operation anthropoid. He was dishonorably discharged after becoming involved in an illicit love affair. For anybody who is interested in the story i can recommend excellent nonfiction book by callum macdonald. The movie was scheduled for release in 2016 but was pushed back to 2017 because of the possible conflict and confusion with anthropoid 2016, starring cillian murphy and jamie dornan, which tells the same story of operation anthropoid, the mission to assassinate nazi leader reinhard heydrich, and which was released late summer 2016. Many historians regard him as the darkest figure within the nazi elite, the one most closely resembling the nazi aryan.
In 1942, reinhard heydrich was considered the most dangerous man in germany after hitler himself. Heydrich documentary biography of the life of reinhard. Heydrich is portrayed by alvin epstein in a 1960 television episode of the armstrong circle theatre, entitled engineer of death. As a new film about reinhard heydrich is released, the compelling tale of how a married musician with loving parents and a brilliant mind became an unlikely nazi monster.
Reinhard tristan eugen heydrich march 7, 1904 june 4, 1942 was one of the key figures of nazi germany. Reinhard heydrich began his career as an officer in the postworld war i. Grave of infamous nazi reinhard heydrich is dug up in. We dig deeper into what made their target, reinhard heydrich, so dangerous to the czechoslovakian people and the world at large. A pair of czechoslovakian resistance fighters sets out to assassinate reinhard heydrich, one of the architects of the final solution. Reinhard tristan eugen heydrich 7 march 1904, halle 4 june 1942, prague was a highranking nazi officer in world war ii in 1922 he joined the kriegsmarine, the german navy. The czech republic remembers the assassination of senior nazi reinhard heydrich 70 years ago and the reprisals which followed, writes the bbcs rob cameron, in prague. The assassination of reinhard heydrich 27 may 1942. Also stream anthropoid on your mobile, tablets and ipads plot. Operation anthropoid reinhard heydrichduring world war ii, the czechbritish operation anthropoid was the assassination of top nazi leader reinhard heydrich, the chief of reich main security office, the protector of bohemia and moravia and the chief planner of the final solution, the nazi term for the genocide of the jews. Two czech paratroopers, warrant officers josef gabcik and jan kubis, step into the street as an official german mercedes benz 320c with the licence plate ss 3 slows down for a sharp curve in the v holesovickach street. Il sagit en realite du surnom dont les ss avaient affuble reinhard heydrich. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and other facts about his life.
In 1931 he was expelled and got a job with the nazis. The incredible true story behind world war two film anthropoid. The life of heydrich by robert gerwarth is superb on the making of evil. Anthropoid 2016 download movie for mobile in best quality 3gp and mp4 format. Reinhard heydrich was labelled hitlers hangman by thomas mann after his assassination, at the age of thirty eight.
The killing of ss obergruppen fuehrer reinhard heydrich. Heydrich supervised the police and security operations in germany. It tells the story of operation anthropoid, the world war ii assassination of reinhard heydrich by exile czechoslovak soldiers on may 27, 1942. The assassination of reinhard heydrich, ww2 gravestone. During this time, a third reich star would soon gain power and a reputation among the nazi world. Based on the extraordinary true story of operation anthropoid, the wwii mission to assassinate ss general reinhard heydrich, the main architect behind the final solution and the reichs third in command after hitler and himmler. Yes, it was filmed in prague and it also happened there. Killing heydrich, the butcher of prague war history online. Frank dikotter, the daily telegraph books of the year at the subsequent grand public funeral, nazi leaders eulogized heydrich as the perfect nazi. On the twentyninth of may, 1942, radio prague announced that reinhard heydrich, reichsprotektor of bohemia and moravia, was dying. A documentary on the life of obergruppenfuhrer reinhard heydrich, from his upbringing, to him join. Ss general reinhard heydrich was a deputy to heinrich himmler. Biographical documentary on the life of reinhard heydrich.
Arguably, reinhard heydrich was the most dangerous man in the nazi reich who was heir apparent to the fuhrer himself. Anthropoid new movie about the heydrich assassination in. Dramatic portrayals of reinhard heydrich wikipedia. Sean ellis anthropoid recounts the remarkable tale of the two czechoslovakian freedom fighters who took down the architect of the nazis final solution. He was the head of the rsha, which included the police and the gestapo. Reinhard heydrich 19041942 reinhard heydrich began his career as an officer in the postworld war i german navy. On june 4, 1942, reinhard heydrich died from wounds after an assassination attempt in prague by two czech partisans. S tories have been told, and will be told again, of reinhard heydrich and the enormity of his acts but little is actually told or known of his military career as a reservist hauptmann in the luftwaffe, possibly because it sheds light on a aspect of the man that appears to be out of phase with the character epitomized as the butcher of prague. Heydrich was one of the most powerful men in nazi germany. The allies, the exiled czech government, and much of europe wanted him dead. Anthropoid movie vs the true story of jan kubis and josef.
Many of the nazi leaders were the targets of assassination plots. The shell of ss general reinhard heydrichs car in prague, may 27 1942 credit. Although frequently portrayed as a mere pathological butcher, heydrich. We look back at cinemas attempt to fathom heydrichs terrible life and legacy. Getty images for the soldiers and the czechoslovakian people, though, it was a shortlived celebration.