THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Stephen Graham (Public Enemies), Jack O’Connell (’71), Jack Reynor (Free Fire), Mia Wasikowska (Crimson Peak), Tom Wright (Everest), Enzo Cilenti (The Theory of Everything), Geoff Bell (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Volker Bruch (Westwind), Barry Atsma (Night Run)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cédric Jimenez (The Connection), director, writer; Audrey Diwan (Aux Yeux De Tous) and David Farr (Hanna), writers; Daniel Crown (Beasts of No Nation) and Alain Goldman (La Vie En Rose), producers; Guillaume Roussel (3 Days To Kill), composer; Laurent Tangy (The Incident), cinematographer; Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1942, the Third Reich is at the peak of its power, with high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich (Clarke) being a respected figure in the party. The Czech resistance in London soon sends two young recruits, Jan Kubiš (O’Connell) and Jozef Gabčík (Reynor), to Prague on a dangerous mission to assassinate Heydrich, which would lead to a furious reaction from the Nazis…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This thrilling war thriller documents the ambitious assassination attempt on high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich, previously covered in last year’s Anthropoid, only this one focuses a little more on the life of the target in question.

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