As with 'Cry Freedom!' the most moving aspect of this film is the damning roll-call of violent death that ends it. Otherwise it's a rather straightforward plod through the execution of Operation Anthropoid shot on the actual locations and sticking reasonably closely to the facts; but unfortunately rather tinny and uninvolving.
It was only after the war that Heydrich's key role in initiating the Holocaust emerged (which had he lived would have ensured his notoriety on that count rather than purely for the drama of his death, aged only 38). He is here portrayed by Anton Diffring as the usual strutting Nazi target; with the ferocious Nazi reprisals - including the destruction of Lidice - only briefly alluded to.
It was only after the war that Heydrich's key role in initiating the Holocaust emerged (which had he lived would have ensured his notoriety on that count rather than purely for the drama of his death, aged only 38). He is here portrayed by Anton Diffring as the usual strutting Nazi target; with the ferocious Nazi reprisals - including the destruction of Lidice - only briefly alluded to.