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 Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
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 Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
(less) Director:
Sean Ellis
Writers:
Sean Ellis, Anthony Frewin
Starring:
Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerov�, Harry Lloyd, Alena Mihulov�
Producer:
Sean Ellis
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Review by Brian Orndorf, August 11, 2016
4 / 10
While it details a striking section of World War II history, �Anthropoid� uses a strange mixture of stillness and aggression to explore the dramatic potential of the story. Co-writer/director Sean Ellis appears to have an appreciation for factual events depicted here, making an effort to understand the true cost of rebellion, especially when faced with an impossible task, but the feature forgoes a lean, tightly edited summary of spirit. Instead, �Anthropoid� is frustratingly motionless, only sparking to life when it observes graphic violence. The tale has been told before (in multiple movies,
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