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The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)

The Man with the Iron Heart poster
Directed by
Cédric Jiménez
Genre
drama film, action film, war film, biographical film
Country
United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 825 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the plan to assassinate a high-ranking Nazi leader in Prague during World War Two. It shows the preparation and the dangerous mission carried out by resistance fighters.

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What happens

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 Cédric 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 the 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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