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The Butcher of Prague

- The true story of the Lidice massacre

Czechoslovakia, 1941. As the war continues, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Nazi-occupied Prague and establishes a regime of terror that will force freedom fighters to act. But the price to pay will be too high.

Release Date : 2011-06-02

Language :CzechGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Česká televizeMovieMagic BoxSoundsquareVinná galerieSlovenská televízia

Production Country : Czech RepublicSlovakia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : František Šíma

Original Name : Karel Roden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie Vanková

Original Name : Zuzana Fialová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anezka Símová

Original Name : Zuzana Bydžovská

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vlcek

Original Name : Roman Luknár

Gender : Male

Character Name : Václav Fiala

Original Name : Marek Adamczyk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Safebreaker Petiska

Original Name : Jan Budař

Gender : Male

Character Name : Karel Šíma

Original Name : Ondřej Novák

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eda Síma

Original Name : Adam Kubišta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anička

Original Name : Veronika Khek Kubařová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reinhard Heydrich

Original Name : Detlef Bothe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harald Wiesmann

Original Name : Joachim Paul Assböck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farár

Original Name : Bořík Procházka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kowalski

Original Name : Mariusz Osmelak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tonicka Farská

Original Name : Sabina Remundová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ruzenka

Original Name : Anna Kratochvílová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toník

Original Name : Ondřej Havel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helenka

Original Name : Marika Šoposká

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jarus

Original Name : Pavlína Štorková

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kučera

Original Name : Robert Nebřenský

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zeman

Original Name : Jan Vondráček

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zvolský

Original Name : Miroslav Hanuš

Gender : Male

Character Name : Böhme

Original Name : Thomas Zielinski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Geschke

Original Name : Jakub Zindulka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lina

Original Name : Šárka Teplíková

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor

Original Name : Norbert Lichý

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor's Wife

Original Name : Zuzana Diatlová

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gusta

Original Name : Ondřej Malý

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mlynár

Original Name : Radoslav Šopík

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bocková

Original Name : Lucie Kožinová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Seidlová

Original Name : Naděžda Husáková

Gender : Female

Character Name : Josef Horák

Original Name : Václav Jiráček

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stríbrný

Original Name : Petr Stach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospodská

Original Name : Ludmila Šafářová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Jaroslav Achab Haidler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neighbor

Original Name : Věra Víchová

Gender : Female

Character Name : Teacher

Original Name : Jindřich Světnica

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker Marek

Original Name : Zdeněk Dušek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker Hatas

Original Name : Zdeněk Faktor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker

Original Name : Karel Zima

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Worker

Original Name : Petr Srna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ilonka

Original Name : Michaela Mrvíková

Gender : Male

Character Name : Promítac

Original Name : Petr Sedláček

Gender : Male

Character Name : Otec Horák

Original Name : Petr Bucháček

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matka Horáková

Original Name : Marcela Nohýnková

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pikolík

Original Name : Tomáš Havlík

Gender : Male

Character Name : Josef Gabcik

Original Name : Jiri Stanek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jan Kubis

Original Name : Patrik Stanek

Gender : Male

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The story is based on the massacre in the Czech village of Lidice in central Bohemia. In June 1942, Lidice was exterminated and burnt by Nazis in retaliation for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. However, Lidice is not a classical war movie, but a psychological drama based on the true story of a man who survived the massacre. Facts: Lidice was completely wiped off the map, its buildings was burned, then blew up the structures. They also razed the church and the cemetery. Males above the age of sixteen, all were shot to death. The women and children were taken to the gym of the elementary school in Kladno. 3 days later, the children were taken from their mothers. The women were sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp. The children – the youngest a year and six days old – were sent to Lodz, Poland. There they lived for the next three weeks. Then, an order came that they were to be sent to the Chelmno death camp. The children were told to undress for a “shower” before the journey. In their underwear, holding soap and towels, they were loaded onto a truck that had been modified so that the exhaust fumes were sent into the back of the vehicle. Within eight minutes, the children in the truck were dead. There had been 105 children in Lidice. 17 survived the war.