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Lidice (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Lidice' (also known as 'Fall of the Innocent' in the UK) is a 2011 Czech drama film produced by Adam Dvok from a screenplay by Zdenek Mahler. It was initially directed by Alice Nellis, but after she contracted Lyme disease (borreliosis), Petr Nikolaev took over. It tells a story involving the Nazi massacre atand destruction ofthe Czech village of Lidice. It was released in June 2011. The film is streaming on Amazon Prime under the title 'Fall of the Innocent' (US, 15 April 2018).
The budget of the film was around 6570 million K (around US $4 million).
Plot
The film is presented as a true story set during World War II. With the German takeover of Europe under way, the deputy 'Reichsprotektor' Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the film's main protagonist, Frantiek ma, is sent to prison following a family dispute that boils over resulting in the accidental death of one of his sons. During ma's incarceration one of the other villagers, Vclav Fiala, strings along his mistress with lies about his bravery as a resistance fighter against the Germans. Heydrich is assassinated and during the Gestapo investigation that follows, a letter Fiala has written describing his supposed heroism comes to their attention. It leads to the total destruction of Lidice and the mass execution and deportations of its citizens. Throughout the atrocity, ma remains in jail, where news of what happened is kept from him. On his release, he returns to Lidice, where he finds the village has been obliterated and finally learns of the tragic events.
Cast
* Karel Roden as Frantiek ma
* Zuzana Fialov as Marie Vakov
* Zuzana Bydovsk as Aneka mov
* Marek Adamczyk as Vclav Fiala
* Veronika Khek Kubaov as Anika
* Roman Luknr as Vlek
* Ondej Novk as Karel ma
* Adam Kubita as Eda ma
* Norbert Lich as Mayor
* Jan Buda as Safecracker Petika
* Vclav Jirek as Josef Hork
* Joachim Paul Assbck as Harald Wiesmann
* Sabina Remundov as Tonika Farsk
* Anna Kratochvlov as Renka
* Ondej Havel as Tonk
* Marika oposk as Helenka
* Detlef Bothe as Reinhard Heydrich
Production
Filming started on 26 July 2010 at the Mlad Boleslav prison, with Karel Schwarzenberg attending the first cut. The shoot lasted 49 days and involved locations including Nov Straec, and a secondary school in Kladno. The scenes portraying Lidice were shot at the village of Chcebuz near tt.
The first promotional posters appeared at the film festival in Karlovy Vary 2010 on 8 July 2010.
References
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