Movie
1975
Operation Daybreak 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.
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Among tens of millions of killings in the Second World War, one stood out for the spectacular way it was committed, as well as for its far-reaching consequences. This is reflected in it becoming the subject of numerous feature films, the first two made even while the war was still going on. The event is the subject of *Operation Daybreak*, a 1975 historical docudrama directed by Lewis Gilbert. The plot is based on *…More
