Operation Daybreak (1975)

Original title

Operation: Daybreak

Directed by

Lewis Gilbert

Genre

drama film, adventure film, war film

Country

Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, United States

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Czech resistance fighters are trained in England and then parachuted into Prague to assassinate a top Nazi official. The men must plan the attack while hiding from the Gestapo and relying on local sympathizers.

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What happens

Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the U.S. and Seven Men at Daybreak during production) is a 1975 war film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS general Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, the film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It is adapted from the book Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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