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 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. 1975 Weapons for Prague Ivo Toman 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. 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 Secret Delivery Ján Sebechlebský 2026 Lone Wolf Ondřej Veverka About Josef František. TBA Ležáky Tomáš Magnusek Film about Ležáky massacre. The film also shows Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.
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