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Operation: Daybreak

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

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

1h 58m1975PGTMDb 6.9

ActionWar

English

Crew and Cast

Lewis GilbertLewis GilbertDirectorTimothy BottomsTimothy BottomsJan KubisMartin ShawMartin ShawKarel CurdaJoss AcklandJoss AcklandJanákNicola PagettNicola PagettAnnaAnthony AndrewsAnthony AndrewsJozef GabcíkAnton DiffringAnton DiffringReinhard HeydrichCarl DueringCarl DueringKarl FrankCyril ShapsCyril ShapsFather PetrekNigel StockNigel StockGeneralDiana CouplandDiana CouplandAunt MarieRonald RaddRonald RaddCarl · Aunt Marie's Husband
Kim FortuneAtáRay SmithRay SmithHájekGeorge SewellGeorge SewellHeinz Panwitz · Chief InvestigatorKika MarkhamKika MarkhamCurda's WifeFrank GatliffFrank GatliffSurgeonAubrey WoodsAubrey WoodsServantReinhard KolldehoffReinhard KolldehoffFleischer · GestapoPhilip MadocPhilip MadocHeydrich's interpreterVernon DobtcheffVernon DobtcheffPyotr
Cyril CrossJiří KrampolJiří KrampolAdolf Opálka
Radoslav DubanskýJosef AbrhámJosef AbrhámJosef LauferJosef Laufer
Jaroslav DrbohlavJosef BublíkVítězslav JandákVítězslav JandákCzech Resistance Member
Pavla MatejovskaJindriskaNeil McCarthyNeil McCarthyMan at Quarry
Gertan KlauberKubelwagen Driver

Storyline

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

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Info

Status
Released
Released
1 November 1975
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
PG
TMDB score
6.9 / 10 (50 votes)

Production

Director
Lewis Gilbert
Writers
Ronald Harwood
Studios
Vista, Howard R. Schuster, American Allied Pictures
Countries
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
German, English