Operation: Daybreak
– Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal ..
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
29 Feb 1976
English, German
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Lewis Gilbert
Alan Burgess (novel), Ronald Harwood (screenplay)
Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett
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.
Warner Bros.