Action ·War · Belgium · 1975 · 1h 58m

Operation: Daybreak

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Director
Lewis Gilbert
Cast
Timothy Bottoms as Jan Kubis Martin Shaw as Karel Curda Joss Ackland as Janák Nicola Pagett as Anna Anthony Andrews as Jozef Gabcík Anton Diffring as Reinhard Heydrich
Crew
Thelma Connell — Editor David Hentschel — Original Music Composer Ronald Harwood — Screenplay Carter DeHaven — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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

Trailer Operation: Daybreak — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
world war iiprague, czech republic1940sthoughtfulczech historydramaticassassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)lidice massacreempathetic
Key Collaborators
Lewis Gilbert Director Thelma Connell Editor David Hentschel Original Music Composer Ronald Harwood Screenplay Carter DeHaven Producer
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