History Film / Anthropoid

* ShowSomeLeg: When two German soldiers are conducting a search inside the café where the commando and Uncle Hajský discuss the operation in the backroom, Lenka lets her cup of coffee fall on the ground on purpose. One of the German soldiers is [[DistractedByTheSexy very pleased at the view on her legs]] and the two of them leave.

-->'''Hajský:''' "Gentlemen, we must face some hard facts... If you are captured, there will be no escape. You will be tortured until you reveal everything you know about the resistance, then you will be executed. For this reason, it is best if you do not allow yourselves to be taken alive. Carry the [[CyanidePill cyanide capsules]] with you at all times."

''Anthropoid'' is a 2016 historical thriller about the [[BasedOnATrueStory real life]] [[TitleDrop Operation Anthropoid]]: a plot by the [[LaResistance Czech resistance]] (with support from the Czech government in exile in London) to assassinate the Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, head of the UsefulNotes/{{Nazi|Germany}} occupation of the Czech territories during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

->"I believe what London is asking is this: Is Czechoslovakia still ready and willing to resist Nazi Germany?"

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''Anthropoid'' is a 2016 historical thriller about the [[BasedOnATrueStory real life]] [[TitleDrop Operation Anthropoid]]: a plot by the [[LaResistance Czech resistance]] (with support from the Czech government in exile in London) to assassinate the Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

-->"I believe what London is asking is this: Is Czechoslovakia still ready and willing to resist Nazi Germany?"

* {{Turncoat}}: [[spoiler: Čurda]], who betrays the other resistance members on promise of a pardon for himself and his family, as well as a large reward.

''Anthropoid'' is a 2016 historical thriller about the [[BasedOnATrueStory real life]] [[TitleDrop Operation Anthropoid]]: a plot by the [[LaResistance Czech resistance]] (with support from the Czech government in exile in London) to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich—the third highest-ranking member of the Nazi party—during World War II.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The entire film was shot in Prague, and some scenes (parts of the church battle, among others) were shot at the exact location where the real events took place.

* Turncoat: [[spoiler: Čurda]], who betrays the other resistance members on promise of a pardon for himself and his family, as well as a large reward.

* LonelyPianoPiece: In the final scene of the movie, when [[spoiler: the Germans break into the crypt and the last four parachutists kill themselves]] all sound cuts out save for a slow, sad piano piece.

* LonelyPianoPiece: In the final scene of the movie, when [[spoiler: the Germans break into the crypt and the last four parachutists kill themselves]] all sound cuts out save for a slow, sad piano piece.
* SaveOneBullet: "We save the last one for us."

* LonelyPianoPiece: In the final scene of the movie, when [[spoiler: the Germans break into the crypt and the last four parachutists kill themselves]] all sound cuts out save for a slow, sad piano piece.

* KillEmAll: Nearly every member of the Czech resistance involved in the plot dies in the aftermath of Heydrich's assassination. A ForgoneConclusion, given that the film is about historical events.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The entire film was shot in Prague.

* LesCollaborateurs: The two Czechs at the beginning of the movie, who try to turn Jozef and Jan in to the Germans.

-->'''Hajský:''' Gentlemen, we must face some hard facts... If you are captured, there will be no escape. You will be tortured until you reveal everything you know about the resistance, then you will be executed. For this reason, it is best if you do not allow yourselves to be taken alive. Carry the [[CyanidePill cyanide capsules]] with you at all times.

-->'''Hajsk&yacute:''' Gentlemen, we must face some hard facts... If you are captured, there will be no escape. You will be tortured until you reveal everything you know about the resistance, then you will be executed. For this reason, it is best if you do not allow yourselves to be taken alive. Carry the [[CyanidePill cyanide capsules]] with you at all times.

''Anthropoid'' is a 2016 historical thriller about the [[BasedOnATrueStory real life]] [[TitleDrop Operation Anthropoid]]: a plot by the Czech resistance (with support from the Czech government in exile in London) to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich—the third highest-ranking member of the Nazi party—during World War II.

* ColdBloodedTorture: A favorite of the Gestapo. A little of it is shown when they interrogate [[spoiler: Ata]].