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Operation Daybreak 
Directed by Lewis Gilbert Produced by - American Allied Pictures
- Československý Filmexport
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Schuster
- Vista
Written by Ronald Harwood Starring Anthony Andrews
Timothy Bottoms
Martin ShawDistributed by - Warner Bros. Pictures (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (original airing)
Release date(s) November, 1975 Country 
United States
CzechoslovakiaLanguage English & German Operation Daybreak is a 1975 World War II film based on the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague (see Operation Anthropoid) - starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It was adapted from the book Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess. In the U.S., the film was known as The Price of Freedom.
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as Sergeant Jan Kubis
- Martin Shaw as Sergeant Karel Čurda
- Joss Ackland as Janák
- Nicola Pagett as Anna
- Anthony Andrews as Sergeant Jozef Gabcík
- Anton Diffring as Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich
- Carl Duering as Karl Frank, acting Reichsprotektor
- 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
- Vítezslav Jandák
See also
Articles on related films
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
- Hitler's Madman (1943)
- The Silent Village (1943)
- Atentát (1964)
External links
Films directed by Lewis Gilbert 1940s The Little Ballerina (1944)1950s Once a Sinner (1950) · Scarlet Thread (1951) · There Is Another Sun (1951) · Emergency Call (1952) · Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952) · Cosh Boy (1953) · Johnny on the Run (1953) · Albert R.N. (1953) · The Good Die Young (1954) · The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) · Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) · Reach for the Sky (1956) · The Admirable Crichton (1957) · Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) · A Cry from the Streets (1958) · Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)1960s Light Up the Sky! (1960) · Sink the Bismarck! (1960) · The Greengage Summer (1961) · H.M.S. Defiant (1962) · The 7th Dawn (1964) · Alfie (1966) · You Only Live Twice (1967)1970s The Adventurers (1970) · Friends (1971) · Paul and Michelle (1974) · Operation Daybreak (1975) · Seven Nights in Japan (1976) · The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) · Moonraker (1979)1980s 1990s Stepping Out (1991) · Haunted (1995)2000s Before You Go (2002)Categories:- 1975 films
- American films
- Films directed by Lewis Gilbert
- War films based on actual events
- World War II films
- War film stubs
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