Lidice (film)

Lidice also known as Fall of the Innocent in the UK is a 2011 Czech drama film produced by Adam Dvok from a screenplay by Zdenek 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 atand destruction ofthe Czech village of Lidice. It was released in June 2011.

The film is presented as a true story set during World War II. With the German takeover of Europe underway, the deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich arrives in Prague and his underlings begin enforcing his authority in the towns and villages across the occupied country. In Lidice, the films main protagonist, Frantiek ma, is sent to prison following a family dispute that boils over resulting in the accidental death of one of his sons. During mas incarceration one of the other villagers, Vclav Fiala, strings along his mistress with lies about his bravery as a resistance fighter against the Germans. Heydrich is assassinated and during the Gestapo investigation that follows, a letter Fiala has written describing his supposed heroism comes to their attention. It leads to the total destruction of Lidice and the mass execution and deportations of its citizens. Throughout the atrocity, ima remains in jail, where news of what happened is kept from him. On his release, he returns to Lidice where he finds the village has been obliterated and finally learns of the tragic events.Filming started onJuly 2010, at the Mlad Boleslav prison, with Karel Schwarzenberg attending the first cut. The shoot lasted 49 days and involved locations including Nov Straec, and a secondary school in Kladno. The scenes portraying Lidice were shot at the village of Chcebuznot in citation given near tt. ........

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