Film Excitement | Anthropoid

In case you have not seen it yet, let me direct your attention to a movie trailer that keeps me alive these days.

We're in 1942, Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The name of the film refers to Operation Anthropoid, which was the code name given to a resistance plot to assasinate Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. Based on true events. Our heroes are real historical figures Josef Gabčík (Cillian Murphy) and Jan Kubiš (Jamie Dornan), Czechoslovakian soldiers trained in British exile to carry out this mission.

Why is this exciting? Because it's an important story worth telling, an important moment in our history that is worth sharing, not only because it proved to have such massive and tragic consequences.

So far, the prevailing mood among the Czechs concerning the movie is somewhat reserved, I would say. We are half excited and curious, half worried that "the foreigners" have butchered our history into a Hollywood flick.

The trailer, however, looks promising and whether minor details are historically accurate or not, it will be a big movie full of drama, war, Prague, assasination plots, resistance,... Also good for you if you're having Cillian Murphy withdrawal symptoms after the Peaky Blinders finale, or if you're after some Jamie Dornan in your viewing life.

It still feels strange to hear this story told in English rather than in Czech, but props to the creators: the characters speak English with Czech accents. Not Russian, not generic Eastern European, but very specific real Czech accents. Thumbs up for that! It helps making it feel real, as do the few Czech actors in it, notably Ana Geislerova (the redhead ;)

The world premiere is 1st July 2016 when the film opens Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, US release date: 12 August 2016. I cannot wait to go see it! 

What new films are you excited for in the 2nd half of 2016?