The last movie I watched with my family is entitled “Operation Anthropoid (2016).” It is a cinematic adaptation of real events taking place in Prague. A film, directed by Sean Ellis, is of  a war and historical genre¹. The film’s main actors² are Jamie Dornan – playing the role of Jan Kubis – and Cillian Murphy, who plays Josef Gabčík.

            The plot³ of the film presents the preparations and the assassination⁴ of Reinhard Heydrich. The events take place in 1942 in Prague. Two paratroopers⁵, Jan Kubis and Josef Gabčík, go to Prague to assassinate Heydrich. The attack on the Protector⁶ fails because the target⁷is not eliminated but after a few days Heydrich dies in the hospital as a result of the injuries⁸ he receives. The paratroopers hide in a church but not for long, as German soldiers⁹ start shelling¹⁰ the church. The assassins defended themselves to their last strength, to the last bullet¹¹ but this leads to their suicidal death¹².

               To sum up, “Operation Anthropoid”  shows us how hard and dark the war times were and what people had to do to get freedom¹³.  I highly recommend this film to everyone who is a lover of war cinema and who wants to experience what a war looked like.  Fans of historical movies will be delighted by the attention¹⁴ to detail, uniforms or weapons¹⁵ which are chosen correctly for this historical event.

VOCABULARY:

¹genre – gatunek

² main actors – glówni aktorzy

³ plot – fabuła/akcja

⁴ assassination –  zamach/zabójstwo

⁵ paratroopers – spadochroniarze

⁶ protector – protektor

⁷ target  – cel

⁸ injuries – obrażenia

⁹ soldiers – żołnierze

¹⁰ shelling – ostrzał

¹¹ bullet – pocisk

¹² suicidal death – samobójcza śmierć

¹³ freedom – wolność

¹⁴ attention – uwaga

¹⁵ weapons –  broń

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