Synopsis
In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.
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Cast
- Jamie DornanJan Kubiš
- Cillian MurphyJosef Gabčík
- Charlotte Le BonMarie Kovárníková
- Anna GeislerováLenka Fafková
- Harry LloydAdolf Opálka
- Toby JonesJan Zelenka
- Alena MihulováMrs. Moravec
- Marcin DorocińskiLadislav Vanék
- Bill MilnerAta Moravec
- Sam KeeleyJosef Bublík
Recommendations
- 88
Slant Magazine
Director Sean Ellis's film offers a potent examination of the moral rectitude of resistance. - 88
Movie Nation
One of the best pictures of the year and the best movie of the summer. - 75
The Playlist
If Ellis and co-screenwriter Anthony Frewin’s attention to historical detail hinders Anthropoid initially, it breathes life into what turns into an action packed and inherently cinematic second half. - 70
Screen Daily
It is a testimony to the film’s careful construction and honest intentions that you have become so engaged in the fate of the characters. - 50
TheWrap
Ellis and editor Richard Mettler craft an agonizing and unforgettable finale; if their sense of pacing had been as sharp throughout, “Anthropoid” might have fulfilled its potential. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
It’s rather odd that Ellis, who co-wrote the screenplay with former Kubrick assistant Anthony Frewin, can’t come up with anything more action-packed or tension-filled in the first hour than a broken teacup. Valkyrie this is not. - 50
IndieWire
Despite the film’s gripping final chapter, its heroic Czechoslovakian characters are completely disconnected from the rest of the country, much like their struggle has been omitted from the cinematic legacy of the war they helped to win. - 50
Variety
The trouble is that for all the narrative intrigue and excitement such an endeavor might suggest, director Sean Ellis’ less-than-dramatic recreation of this daring act of defiance proves surprisingly stiff...barely redeemed by an even more surprisingly intense finale.
