Lidice (2011)

Directed by

Petr Nikolaev

Genre

drama film, war film, historical film

Country

Slovakia, Czech Republic

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film recounts the Nazi massacre and destruction of the Czech village of Lidice during World War Two. It shows the events leading up to the attack and the impact on the people who lived there.

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What happens

Lidice (also known as The Butcher of Prague and Fall of the Innocent in the UK) is a 2011 Czech drama film produced by Adam Dvořák from a screenplay by Zdeněk 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 at—and destruction of—the 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 65–70 million Kč (around US $4 million). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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