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The Man with the Iron Heart

The Man with the Iron Heart

The true story of how the architect of the Holocaust was assassinated

20176.52h 0m

Overview

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, the Gestapo and the architect of the Final Solution.

Directed by Cédric Jimenez
Written by Laurent Binet, David Farr, Cédric Jimenez
Produced by Alain Goldman, Daniel Crown
Box OfficeBudget: $32.7MRevenue: $4.4M

Top Cast

Jason Clarke

Jason Clarke

Reinhard Heydrich

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

Lina von Osten

Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

Jan Kubiš

Jack Reynor

Jack Reynor

Jozef Gabčík

Mia Wasikowska

Mia Wasikowska

Anna Novák

Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham

Heinrich Himmler

Thomas M. Wright

Thomas M. Wright

Josef Valčík

Barry Atsma

Barry Atsma

Karl Hermann Frank

Geoff Bell

Geoff Bell

Muller

Enzo Cilenti

Enzo Cilenti

Adolf Opálka

Themes & Keywords

assassinationbased on novel or booknaziworld war iioperation anthropoidczech historyassassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)

About The Man with the Iron Heart

The Man with the Iron Heart is a war, action, history, thriller film released in 2017 exploring themes of assassination, based on novel or book, nazi, world war ii, operation anthropoid, czech history. Directed by Cédric Jimenez, it stars Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell. With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, the Gestapo and the architect of the Final Solution.

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