Operation: Daybreak

Operation: Daybreak

1975 · 118 min · EN · PG · 6.9 (50 votes)
Dir. Lewis Gilbert · Starring Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett, Anthony Andrews, Anton Diffring · Music David Hentschel

“It was a hit and run operation with no place to run.”

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Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.

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A gripping, tense historical thriller about a desperate mission against overwhelming odds. It captures the somber weight of occupation and the heroic resolve of those who fight back, even at great personal cost.

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