Operation: Daybreak
1975 · Movie · 118 min. · United States
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 explores shows the operation leading up to Heydrich's death as well as the massive German reprisals that followed it.
Direction Lewis Gilbert
Cast Timothy Bottoms · Martin Shaw · Joss Ackland · Nicola Pagett · Anthony Andrews · Anton Diffring · Carl Duering · Cyril Shaps · Diana Coupland · Ronald Radd · Kim Fortune
Soundtrack David Hentschel
Screenplay Ronald Harwood · Alan Burguess
Cinematography Henri Decaë
Original title Operation: Daybreak
6.3
516 votes (FilmAffinity)
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