ANTHROPOID (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Anna Geislerová (Želary), Harry Lloyd (The Theory of Everything), Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Charlotte Le Bon (The Walk), Alena Mihulová (Innocence), Bill Milner (Son of Rambow), Sam Keeley (In The Heart Of The Sea), Mish Boyko (Dracula Untold), Sean Mahon (Philomena), Brian Caspe (Wanted), Marcin Dorociński (Barefoot), Nicolai Borger (Three Finns), Detlef Bothe (Spectre)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sean Ellis (Cashback), director, writer, producer, cinematographer; Anthony Frewin (Colour Me Kubrick), writer; Mickey Liddell (The Grey) and Pete Shilaimon (Risen), producers; Robin Foster (Metro Manila), composer; Richard Mettler (Metro Manila), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1941, two soldiers from the Czechoslovakian army-in-exile, Jozef Gabčík (Murphy) and Jan Kubiš (Dornan), are assigned the dangerous task of assassinating Reinhard Heydrich (Bothe), the feared Nazi general. Their mission, which must be carried out despite the limited amount of time they have, would go on to have serious consequences for the War in Europe…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Detailing one of the most significant assassinations of the Second World War, that of Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, Anthropoid is an intense and strong-willed film about war and its many sacrifices.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2016

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