Operation: Daybreak

"It was a hit and run operation with no place to run"

Feb 29 1976 PG 1h 58m

Drama, History, War

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.

Plot

In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The terror and oppression that follow cause Allied authorities in London to authorize a secret mission to kill the man who has come to be known as "The Butcher of Prague". The film shows the operation leading up to Heydrich's death as well as the massive German reprisals that followed it.

Written by

Alan Burgess, Ronald Harwood

Directed by

Lewis Gilbert

Cast

Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Czechoslovakia, Belgium

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov, American Allied Pictures, Howard R. Schuster, Vista

Languages

Deutsch, English

Awards

N/A

Trailers

Operation Daybreak

Scores

# of Votes

2,481

Average Rating

7 out of 10

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