---
title: 'Anthropoid (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sean Ellis'
released: '2016-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/anthropoid-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4190530/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Anthropoid (2016)

2016 · R · 120 min · Drama, War, History, Thriller · Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

Anthropoid is a 2016 war film directed by Sean Ellis and starring Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Charlotte Le Bon, Anna Geislerová, Harry Lloyd, Toby Jones and Marcin Dorocinski, It was written by Ellis and Anthony Frewin. It depicts Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by exiled Czechoslovak soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš in World War II. It was released on 12 August 2016 in the United States and 9 September 2016 in the United Kingdom.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sean Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-ellis)
- **Screenplay:** [Sean Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-ellis), [Anthony Frewin](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-frewin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robin Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-foster), [Guy Farley](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-farley)
- **Producer:** [Sean Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-ellis), [Mickey Liddell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-liddell), [Pete Shilaimon](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-shilaimon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sean Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-ellis)
- **Editor:** [Richard Mettler](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-mettler)

## Cast

- [Sára Arnsteinová](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-arnsteinova) as Woman at 44
- [Nicolai Borger](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolai-borger) as German Soldier at Barricade
- [Patrick Kalupa](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-kalupa) as Heinz Pannwitz
- [Igor Bareš](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-bares) as Butcher
- [Martin Hofmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-hofmann) as Repair Man
- [Harry Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-lloyd) as Adolf Opálka
- [Jan Jankovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-jankovsky) as German Soldier #1
- [Andrej Polák](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrej-polak) as Jaroslav Švarc
- [Sean Mahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mahon) as Dr. Eduard
- [Iva Šindelková](https://cinepixo.com/people/iva-sindelkova)
- [Ondřej Malý](https://cinepixo.com/people/ondrej-maly) as Torturer
- [David Bredin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bredin) as Klein
- [Karel Heřmánek Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-hermanek-jr) as Ignác
- [Jan Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-hajek-2) as Břetislav Baumann
- [Reinhard Heydrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-heydrich)

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Official site: http://www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/anthropoid
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/anthropoid-2016
Film facts: Wikidata (Q20814438); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.