What true story did a World War II film that Anthony Andrews star in that was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II?
Operation Anthropoid Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of Schutzstaffel (SS)-"Obergruppenführer" and "General der Polizei" Reinhard Heydrich, head of the "Reichssicherheitshauptamt" (Reich Main Security Office, RSHA), the combined security services of Nazi Germany, and acting "Reichsprotektor" of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The operation was carried out in Prague on 27 May 1942 after having been prepared by the British Special Operations Executive with the approval of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile. Wounded in the attack, Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June 1942. His death led to a wave of merciless reprisals by German SS troops, including the destruction of villages and the killing of civilians. Anthropoid was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II.
The Killers (1946 film) The Killers [a.k.a. 'A Man Alone'] is a 1946 American film noir directed by Robert Siodmak and based in part on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway.