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