The Butcher of Prague

The Butcher of Prague (2011)

Lidice

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.

Date of release
2011-06-02
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (35)
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Director
Petr Nikolaev

Casting

Interesting facts

Lidice is a 2011 Czech drama film produced by Adam Dvořák from a screenplay by Zdeněk Mahler. It was initially directed by Alice Nellis, but after she contracted Lyme disease (borreliosis), Petr Nikolaev took over. It tells a story involving the Nazi massacre at—and destruction of—the Czech village of Lidice. It was released in June 2011. The film is streaming on Amazon Prime under the title Fall of the Innocent.

Production

Filming started on 26 July 2010 at the Mladá Boleslav prison, with Karel Schwarzenberg attending the first cut. The shoot lasted 49 days and involved locations including Nové Strašecí, and a secondary school in Kladno. The scenes portraying Lidice were shot at the village of Chcebuz near Štětí.

The first promotional posters appeared at the film festival in Karlovy Vary 2010 on 8 July 2010.

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