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The Butcher of Prague

The Butcher of Prague

The true story of the Lidice massacre

20116.62h 6m

Overview

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high.

Directed by Petr Nikolaev
Written by Zdeněk Mahler
Produced by Adam Dvořák
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Top Cast

Karel Roden

Karel Roden

František Šíma

Zuzana Fialová

Zuzana Fialová

Marie Vanková

Zuzana Bydžovská

Zuzana Bydžovská

Anezka Símová

Roman Luknár

Roman Luknár

Vlcek

Marek Adamczyk

Marek Adamczyk

Václav Fiala

Jan Budař

Jan Budař

Safebreaker Petiska

Ondřej Novák

Ondřej Novák

Karel Šíma

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Adam Kubišta

Eda Síma

Veronika Khek Kubařová

Veronika Khek Kubařová

Anička

Detlef Bothe

Detlef Bothe

Reinhard Heydrich

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookwar crimesmass murderworld war iiczechoslovakiaprague, czech republicbased on true storyfamily relationshipspolitical assassinationcommandoboyfriend girlfriend relationshipanti-nazi resistancenazi occupationnazism1940spolitical repressionczech historyassassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)lidice massacre

About The Butcher of Prague

The Butcher of Prague is a drama, history, war film released in 2011 exploring themes of based on novel or book, war crimes, mass murder, world war ii, czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic. Directed by Petr Nikolaev, it stars Karel Roden, Zuzana Fialová, Zuzana Bydžovská. Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high.

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