List of films about the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation

This is a list of films about the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation.

Year Country Title Director Notes
1943  United States Hangmen Also Die! Fritz Lang Noir film inspired by Operation Anthropoid
1943  United States Hitler's Madman Douglas Sirk Film about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the Lidice massacre
1943  United States Hostages Frank Tuttle
1946  Czechoslovakia A Big Case Václav Kubásek, Josef Mach [1]
1946  Czechoslovakia Hrdinové mlčí Miroslav Cikán
1946  Czechoslovakia Men Without Wings František Čáp
1946  Czechoslovakia Springman and the SS Jiří Trnka Inspired by Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague
1947  Czechoslovakia Nikdo nic neví Josef Mach
1949  Czechoslovakia Silent Barricade Otakar Vávra Set during Prague uprising
1950  Czechoslovakia The Last Shot Jiří Weiss
1950  Czechoslovakia The Trap Martin Frič
1955  Czechoslovakia The Tank Brigade Ivo Toman About 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade
1956  Czechoslovakia The Unconquered Jiří Sequens Inspired by Battle of Czajánek's barracks
1957  Czechoslovakia Jurášek Miroslav Cikán
1960  Czechoslovakia Práče Karel Kachyňa
1963  Czechoslovakia Death Is Called Engelchen Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
1964  Czechoslovakia Atentát Jiří Sequens Film about Operation Anthropoid
1964  Czechoslovakia The Fifth Horseman Is Fear Zbyněk Brynych
1966  Czechoslovakia Closely Watched Trains Jiří Menzel Academy Awards winner
1967  Czechoslovakia The Seven Ravens Vladimír Čech
1968  Czechoslovakia Maratón Ivo Novák
1968  Czechoslovakia Nebeští jezdci Jindřich Polák It tells the story of the crews of the RAF's No. 311 Squadron.
1968  Czechoslovakia
 United States
 Yugoslavia		 Operation Daybreak Lewis Gilbert Based on Operation Anthropoid
1971  Czechoslovakia The Key Vladimír Čech
1972  Czechoslovakia The Hangman Can't Wait František Filip
1974  Czechoslovakia Sokolovo Otakar Vávra About Battle of Sokolovo
1975  Czechoslovakia
 East Germany		 The Liberation of Prague Otakar Vávra About Prague uprising.[2]
1975  Czechoslovakia Weapons for Prague Ivo Toman [3]
1976  Czechoslovakia The Cape of Good Hope Otakar Fuka
1977  Soviet Union Soldiers of Freedom Yuri Ozerov
1981  Czechoslovakia Ta chvíle, ten okamžik Jiří Sequens
1989  Czechoslovakia
 Soviet Union		 Pilots Otakar Fuka About Czechoslovak pilots on Eastern Front.[4]
1998  Czech Republic Sekal Has to Die Vladimír Michálek
2000  Czech Republic Divided We Fall Jan Hřebejk
2001  Czech Republic Dark Blue World Jan Svěrák
2003  Czech Republic
 Slovakia		 Želary Ondřej Trojan
2007  Czech Republic Operace Silver A Jiří Strach About operation of the same name.
2008  Czech Republic Tobruk Václav Marhoul Set during Siege of Tobruk.
2010  Czech Republic
 Germany		 Habermann Juraj Herz
2016  Czech Republic
 United Kingdom
 France		 Anthropoid Sean Ellis Film about Operation Anthropoid
2016  Czech Republic The Shadow over Prague Marek Berger Inspired by Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague
2017  Czech Republic
 Slovakia
 Denmark		 Barefoot Jan Svěrák
2017  France
 Belgium		 The Man with the Iron Heart Cédric Jimenez Based on novel HHhH.
2020  Czech Republic Shadow Country Bohdan Sláma Based on a true story.
2023  Czech Republic Ležáky Tomáš Magnusek Film about Ležáky massacre. The film also shows Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Velký případ (1946)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Osvobození Prahy (1975)". CSFD. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Zbraně pro Prahu". kfilmu.net. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Piloti (1988)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ Peková, Šárka (3 April 2022). "Magnusek bude točit film o vypálení Ležáků: Ve filmu ukážeme všechno včetně popravy těhotné ženy a atentátu na Heydricha, prozradil režisér". Zítřek.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 October 2022.