There’s never been a good time to be Nazi scumbag Reinhard Heydrich, a man so evil even other evil people would have to hold their noses around him, but this is a particularly bad one – cinematically-speaking, at least. Two movies, Anthropoid and HHhH, will tell the story of his assassination in 1941, with the former sneaking in first. It has a new UK trailer to share below.
The courageous pair of Czech agents parachuted into their homeland on this dangerous mission, Josef Gabcík and Jan Kubis, are played in Anthropoid by Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan. (Its rival project has Jack Reynor and Jack O’Connell in the roles.)
The two have been trained by the British to ambush Heydrich as he commutes to his Prague office. Despised by the Czech people under his control, he’d already earned himself the nickname ‘the Butcher of Prague’ – and not because he was especially good at making sausages.
The ensuing story – one of the most remarkable episodes of the early part of the war – is directed and co-written by Metro Manila’s Sean Ellis. Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerova, Toby Jones and The Riot Club’s Harry Lloyd will also be appearing when it hits UK cinemas on September 9.