Operation Daybreak
Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the U.S.)[1] is a 1975 World War II 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.[2]
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| Directed by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Produced by | Carter DeHaven |
| Screenplay by | Ronald Harwood |
| Based on | Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess |
| Starring | Anthony Andrews Timothy Bottoms Martin Shaw |
| Music by | David Hentschel |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Thelma Connell |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (US) Columbia-Warner (UK) |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia United States Yugoslavia |
| Language | English German |
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as Sergeant Jan Kubiš
- Martin Shaw as Sergeant Karel Čurda
- Joss Ackland as Janák
- Nicola Pagett as Anna Malinová
- Anthony Andrews as Sergeant Jozef Gabčík
- Anton Diffring as acting Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich
- Carl Duering as Karl Hermann Frank, Secretary of State of the Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Cyril Shaps as Father Petrek
- Diana Coupland as aunt Marie Moravcová
- Ronald Radd as Karel Moravec
- Kim Fortune as Ata Moravec
- Ray Smith as Hájek
- George Sewell as Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Fleischer, Gestapo
- Kika Markham as Čurda's Wife
- Philip Madoc as Heydrich's interpreter
- Nigel Stock as General Cyril Cross
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Pyotr
- Frank Gatliff as Surgeon
- Pavla Matějovská as Jindriska
- Jiri Krampol as Lt Adolf Opalka
Music
The credits show that the music was played on an ARP synthesizer.
See also
- Dramatic portrayals of Reinhard Heydrich
- List of American films of 1975
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
- Hitler's Madman (1943)
- The Silent Village (1943)
- Atentát (1964)
- Anthropoid (2016)
- The Man with the Iron Heart (2016)
References
- IMDb: Release dates for Operation: Daybreak Retrieved 2013-01-22
- IMDb: Literature for Operation: Daybreak Retrieved 2013-01-22
External links
- Operation Daybreak at IMDb
- Operation Daybreak at the TCM Movie Database
- Operation Daybreak at AllMovie
- Operation Daybreak at the British Film Institute
- Operation Daybreak at the British Board of Film Classification
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