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In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General 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 shows the operation leading up to Heydrichs death as well as the massive German reprisals that followed it.
A semi-fictional account of a real life WWII mission code named Operation: Daybreak is presented. In late 1941, Czechoslovak nationals Jan Kubis, Jozef Gabcík and Karel Curda are called to the headquarters of the Free Czechoslovak Forces in England in being asked to participate in a mission to assassinate , the Prague-based Acting Viceprotector of what the Nazis are calling Bohemia and Moravia - which encompasses what was Czechoslovakia - and arguably seen as the number two man in the Nazi Party in the only person who is believed truly to have s ear. They are so chosen for their knowledge of the region and their exemplary military service. They are to be parachuted into Czechoslovakia, formulate their own plan for the assassination, and then make their own way out after the job is done. Beyond the assassination itself, they face the perils of not knowing who to trust in Czechoslovakia, cooperation from underground forces which will probably be required. But the longer they take to get the job done, the higher the potential for changing circumstances which may make this mission a suicide one if they are on an imposed deadline. What happens in the matter is affected by their personal connections to people in Czechoslovakia, either those prior to the war or those made while on this mission, and by what they are warned by those they trust in Czechoslovakia: that such an assassination will have major negative ramifications.
Timothy Bottoms
Jan Kubis
Martin Shaw
Karel Curda
Joss Ackland
Janák
Nicola Pagett
Anna
Anthony Andrews
Jozef Gabcík
Anton Diffring
Reinhard Heydrich
Diana Coupland
Aunt Marie
Carl Duering
Karl Frank
George Sewell
Heinz Panwitz
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Fleischer
Ray Smith
Hájek
Kim Fortune
Atá
Ronald Radd
Carl
Kika Markham
Curda's Wife
Philip Madoc
Heydrich's Interpreter
Cyril Shaps
Father Petrek
Nigel Stock
General
Cyril Cross
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