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Operation: Daybreak

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three steadfast Czech patriots stake everything to purge their homeland of its brutal Nazi ruler, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.

Director(s)

Lewis Gilbert

Cast & Crew

George Sewell

George Sewell

Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator

Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert

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Diana Coupland

Diana Coupland

Aunt Marie

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Pyotr

Cyril Shaps

Cyril Shaps

Father Petrek

Kim Fortune

Kim Fortune

Atá

John Abineri

John Abineri

(uncredited)

Gertan Klauber

Gertan Klauber

Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)

Philip Madoc

Philip Madoc

Heydrich's interpreter

Vítězslav Jandák

Vítězslav Jandák

Czech Resistance Member

Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Jan Kubis

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Janák

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Fleischer, Gestapo

Ray Smith

Ray Smith

Hájek

Josef Abrhám

Josef Abrhám

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Josef Laufer

Josef Laufer

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Nicola Pagett

Nicola Pagett

Anna

Carl Duering

Carl Duering

Karl Frank

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Karel Curda

Anton Diffring

Anton Diffring

Reinhard Heydrich

Kika Markham

Kika Markham

Curda's Wife

Jiří Krampol

Jiří Krampol

Adolf Opálka

Neil McCarthy

Neil McCarthy

Man at Quarry (uncredited)

Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

Jozef Gabcík

William Lucas

William Lucas

Doctor (Sonja's Father) (uncredited)

Ronald Radd

Ronald Radd

Carl, Aunt Marie's Husband

Aubrey Woods

Aubrey Woods

Servant

Jaroslav Drbohlav

Jaroslav Drbohlav

Josef Bublík

Nigel Stock

Nigel Stock

General

Frank Gatliff

Frank Gatliff

Surgeon

Cyril Cross

Cyril Cross

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Radoslav Dubanský

Radoslav Dubanský

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Pavla Matejovska

Pavla Matejovska

Jindriska (uncredited)

Details

GenresAction, War
Runtime1h 58 mins
Released on01 Nov 1975
Languageen
Produced InBelgium
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Reviews

Andres Gomez

4/10

The plot is certainly interesting, even more for quite an important event during the WWII, but the movie doesn't really add anything to the story that cannot be read in a quick glance to the Wikipedia. The cast performs as if they would be robots, with poor dialogues, and the directing feels like if it would be done with a ruler and following a strict method. Not too bad in the latter, but it doesn't feel natural at all.

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