![]() Heydrich soon dies from his injuries in the hospital. In response, SS security forces round up thousands of Czech citizens and carry out reprisals, during which Lenka is killed trying to escape Nazi arrest. Immediately afterward, both agents go on the run. On the assassination attempt is carried out it nearly fails when Jozef's Sten submachine gun jams, but Heydrich is severely wounded by Jan's grenade, which shatters his limousine. When the agents learn that Heydrich is about to be transferred to France, the plan goes into effect straightaway with the duo bolstered by the addition of other agents who have been parachuted into Czechoslovakia and the remaining resistance fighters in Prague. With the help of two young women, Marie Kovárníková ( Charlotte Le Bon) and Lenka Fafková ( Anna Geislerová) along with other plotters, the agents plan to ambush Heydrich as he arrives at his headquarters by car. With limited sources of intelligence and equipment, Jozef and Jan must find a way to assassinate Heydrich, an operation which they hope will change the face of Europe. Gabčík and Kubiš reveal that they are to carry out "Operation Anthropoid," the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich ( Detlef Bothe), the main architect of the Final Solution, and the Reichsprotektor of German–occupied Czechoslovakia. They are located in a concealed basement of the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague. Eduard ( Sean Mahon), a veterinary surgeon who stitches Jozef's foot, and arranges for them to meet other resistance members, led by "Uncle" Jan Zelenka-Hajský ( Toby Jones). ![]() When they seek out their contact, they are directed to Dr. Stealing their truck, the agents head for Prague. They are discovered shortly afterwards by fake resistance fighters who turn out to be traitors one is shot by Jozef but the other man escapes. ![]() ![]() Jozef is injured when he crashes through a tree upon landing, but both men set out to find their contact in the resistance movement. Two agents from the Czechoslovak exile government, a Slovak soldier, Jozef Gabčík ( Cillian Murphy) and a Czech, Jan Kubiš ( Jamie Dornan) are parachuted into their occupied country. ![]() In December 1941, German occupation in Europe has neared its height. ![]()
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