List of films about the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation
This is a list of films about the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation.
| Year | Country | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Fritz Lang | Noir film inspired by Operation Anthropoid | |
| 1943 | Hitler's Madman | Douglas Sirk | Film about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the Lidice massacre | |
| 1943 | Hostages | Frank Tuttle | ||
| 1946 | A Big Case | Václav Kubásek, Josef Mach | [1] | |
| 1946 | Hrdinové mlčí | Miroslav Cikán | ||
| 1946 | Men Without Wings | František Čáp | ||
| 1946 | Springman and the SS | Jiří Trnka | Inspired by Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague | |
| 1947 | Nikdo nic neví | Josef Mach | ||
| 1949 | Silent Barricade | Otakar Vávra | Set during Prague uprising | |
| 1950 | The Last Shot | Jiří Weiss | ||
| 1950 | The Trap | Martin Frič | ||
| 1955 | The Tank Brigade | Ivo Toman | About 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade | |
| 1956 | The Unconquered | Jiří Sequens | Inspired by Battle of Czajánek's barracks | |
| 1957 | Jurášek | Miroslav Cikán | ||
| 1960 | Práče | Karel Kachyňa | ||
| 1963 | Death Is Called Engelchen | Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos | ||
| 1964 | Atentát | Jiří Sequens | Film about Operation Anthropoid | |
| 1964 | The Fifth Horseman Is Fear | Zbyněk Brynych | ||
| 1966 | Closely Watched Trains | Jiří Menzel | Academy Awards winner | |
| 1967 | The Seven Ravens | Vladimír Čech | ||
| 1968 | Maratón | Ivo Novák | ||
| 1968 | Nebeští jezdci | Jindřich Polák | It tells the story of the crews of the RAF's No. 311 Squadron. | |
| 1968 | Operation Daybreak | Lewis Gilbert | Based on Operation Anthropoid | |
| 1971 | The Key | Vladimír Čech | ||
| 1972 | The Hangman Can't Wait | František Filip | ||
| 1974 | Sokolovo | Otakar Vávra | About Battle of Sokolovo | |
| 1975 | The Liberation of Prague | Otakar Vávra | About Prague uprising.[2] | |
| 1975 | Weapons for Prague | Ivo Toman | [3] | |
| 1976 | The Cape of Good Hope | Otakar Fuka | ||
| 1977 | Soldiers of Freedom | Yuri Ozerov | ||
| 1981 | Ta chvíle, ten okamžik | Jiří Sequens | ||
| 1989 | Pilots | Otakar Fuka | About Czechoslovak pilots on Eastern Front.[4] | |
| 1998 | Sekal Has to Die | Vladimír Michálek | ||
| 2000 | Divided We Fall | Jan Hřebejk | ||
| 2001 | Dark Blue World | Jan Svěrák | ||
| 2003 | Želary | Ondřej Trojan | ||
| 2007 | Operace Silver A | Jiří Strach | About operation of the same name. | |
| 2008 | Tobruk | Václav Marhoul | Set during Siege of Tobruk. | |
| 2010 | Habermann | Juraj Herz | ||
| 2016 | Anthropoid | Sean Ellis | Film about Operation Anthropoid | |
| 2016 | The Shadow over Prague | Marek Berger | Inspired by Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague | |
| 2017 | Barefoot | Jan Svěrák | ||
| 2017 | The Man with the Iron Heart | Cédric Jimenez | Based on novel HHhH. | |
| 2020 | Shadow Country | Bohdan Sláma | Based on a true story. | |
| 2025 | Ležáky | Tomáš Magnusek | Film about Ležáky massacre. The film also shows Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.[5] |
References
- ^ "Velký případ (1946)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Osvobození Prahy (1975)". CSFD. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Zbraně pro Prahu". kfilmu.net. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Piloti (1988)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Peková, Šárka (3 April 2022). "Magnusek bude točit film o vypálení Ležáků: Ve filmu ukážeme všechno včetně popravy těhotné ženy a atentátu na Heydricha, prozradil režisér". Zítřek.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 October 2022.