SS-3: The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich (1992)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1992 (GB)
  • Documentary, History
  • 54m

Overview

Reinhard Heydrich was considered the most dangerous man in Nazi Germany after Hitler himself. The plot to kill him masterminded in England and carried through to finality in Prague in 1942, is told in this gripping dramatised documentary special. Featuring meticulous reconstructions, coupled with authentic historical film, some of it never shown before the film powerfully presents a vivid account of the only successful assassination of a leading Nazi in World War II. It also chillingly recreates the terrible human cost of SS savagery against the Resistance and the total obliteration of the village of Lidice.

Callum MacDonald

Writer

Krystyna Kaplan

Director

Jan Kaplan

Director

Cast

John Shrapnel's headshot

John Shrapnel

Narrator
Michal Goran's headshot

Michal Goran

Jiří Hladký's headshot

Jiří Hladký

Stanislav Vodenka's headshot

Stanislav Vodenka

Ludek Frydrych's headshot

Ludek Frydrych

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