Anthropoid (film)

Anthropoid
A picture in black and red, the bust of a man in military uniform, the black edges dripping. Two small figures stand underneath.
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySean Ellis
Written bySean Ellis
Anthony Frewin
Produced bySean Ellis
Mickey Liddell
Pete Shilaimon
Starring
CinematographySean Ellis
Edited byRichard Mettler
Music byGuy Farley
Robin Foster
Production
companies
LD Entertainment
22h22
Lucky Man Films
Silver A[1]
Distributed byFalcon (Czech Republic)[2]
Icon Film Distribution (United Kingdom and Ireland)[2]
Release dates
  • 1 July 2016 (2016-07-01) (Karlovy Vary)
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (United Kingdom)
Running time
120 minutes[3]
CountriesCzech Republic
United Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[4]
Box office$5.3 million[1]

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.[5][6] It was released on 12 August 2016 in the United States and 9 September 2016 in the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ a b c "Anthropoid (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Anthropoid at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ "Anthropoid (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ Šálek, Václav (1 July 2015). "Anthropoid i Mušketýři. Česko chrastí miliony na zahraniční filmaře". Týden (in Czech). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. ^ Burgess 1983, p. 160.
  6. ^ Ramen 2001, p. 8.