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The Man with the Iron Heart (film)

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'The Man with the Iron Heart' (released as 'HHhH' in France and 'Killing Heydrich' in Canada) is a 2017 biographical action-thriller film directed by Cdric Jimenez and written by David Farr, Audrey Diwan, and Jimenez. An English-language French-Belgian production, it is based on French writer Laurent Binet's 2010 novel 'HHhH', and focuses on 'Operation Anthropoid', the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague during World War II.

The film stars Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell, Jack Reynor, and Mia Wasikowska. It was shot in Prague and Budapest from September 2015 until February 2016.

Plot



Reinhard Heydrich is serving as an officer in the German Navy. After beginning a relationship with Lina, he is court-martialled for breaking his word to another woman he had been having sex with. He marries Lina and follows her in joining the Nazi Party and idolising Adolf Hitler. He meets Heinrich Himmler and is appointed head of SS counter-intelligence, working with Heinrich Mller to fight Communists in Weimar Germany. After Hitler is appointed Chancellor, Heydrich becomes Chief of the Gestapo.

After the German Invasion of Poland and World War II breaks out, Heydrich is promoted to Chief of the Reich Security Main Office. His 'Einsatzgruppen' mobile death squads follow the German Army, committing genocide across Eastern Europe. He blackmails General Eduard Wagner into sending the 'Einzatsgruppen' information to allow them to exterminate Jews and other 'Untermenschen'. In September 1941, Heydrich is appointed Acting Reich Protector of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, declaring that he will turn Prague into a "Jew-free" city. On 22 January 1942, Heydrich chairs the Wannsee Conference, to ensure there is a "Final Solution" for the genocide of Jews. In May 1942, Heydrich is attacked by Czech resistance fighters.

Cast



* Jason Clarke as 'SS-Obergruppenfhrer' Reinhard Heydrich

* Rosamund Pike as Lina Heydrich

* Stephen Graham as 'Reichsfhrer-SS' Heinrich Himmler

* Jack O'Connell as Jan Kubi

* Jack Reynor as Jozef Gabk

* Mia Wasikowska as Anna Novak

* Gilles Lellouche as Vclav Morvek

* Tom Wright as Josef Valk

* Enzo Cilenti as Adolf Oplka

* Adam Nagaitis as Karel urda

* Geoff Bell as 'SS-Gruppenfhrer' Heinrich Mller

* Volker Bruch as 'SS-Obersturmbannfhrer' Walter Schellenberg

* Barry Atsma as 'SS-Gruppenfhrer' Karl Hermann Frank

* Noah Jupe as Ata Moravec

* David Rintoul as 'General der Artillerie' Eduard Wagner

* Vernon Dobtcheff as Emil Hcha

* Ian Redford as 'SA-Stabschef' Ernst Rhm

Production



The film is based on Laurent Binet's novel 'HHhH' about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. The title is an acronym for 'Himmlers Hirn heit Heydrich' ("Himmler's brain is called Heydrich"), a quip about Heydrich said to have circulated in Nazi Germany. Cdric Jimenez directed the film based on the script he co-wrote with David Farr and Audrey Diwan, which was financed by Lgende Films, Adama Pictures, Echo Lake Entertainment and FilmNation Entertainment. Alain Goldman and Simon Istolainen produced the film. On 28 October 2015, The Weinstein Company came on board to handle the United States distribution rights to the film. Principal photography on the film began on 14 September 2015 in Prague and Budapest, which ended on 1 February 2016.

Reception



On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on , with an average rating of 5.83/10.

Boyd van Hoeij of 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote: "Finally less a two-stories-for-the-price-of-one situation than essentially two films of about an hour each, this is nonetheless a visually impressive Hollywood calling card for Jimenez, who almost manages to overcome the materials structural weaknesses with impressive directorial verve."

See also



* Operation Anthropoid

Other films on this subject

* 'Hangmen Also Die!' (1943)

* 'Hitler's Madman' (1943)

* 'The Silent Village' (1943)

* 'Atentt' (1964)

* 'Operation Daybreak' (1975)

* 'Conspiracy' (2001)

* 'Lidice (2011)

* 'Anthropoid' (2016)

References




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