Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan lead the Nazi resistance in exclusive Anthropoid clip

The stars of BBC dramas Peaky Blinders and The Fall star in this biographical WWII drama

Irish actors Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy have united for Anthropoid, a WWII drama recounting the biographical tale of the assassination attempt on Hitler's third in command, SS General Reinhard Heydrich.

In the film, the two play Czech soldiers Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcík, respectively and can be seen in the above clip alongside British actor Toby Jones (Berberian Sound Studio).

Heydrich - played in the film by Detlef Bothe - was the main architect of the Final Solution which was the Nazis' plan to exterminate the Jewish race.

This marks the first time Dornan and Murphy have acted on screen together. Coincidentally, they are both lead actors in two extremely popular BBC properties - Belfast-set drama The Fall and Steven Knight's period drama Peaky Blinders.

The latter's third series concluded on BBC 2 earlier on this year while The Fall will return for a third and final run this autumn.

Dornan is currently filming the final two Fifty Shades films following his initial appearance in E.L. James adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey in 2014, while Murphy is working with regular collaborator Christopher Nolan on another WWII drama, Dunkirk.

Anthropoid will be released int he UK on 9 September.