Directed by:
Lewis GilbertScreenplay:
Ronald HarwoodCinematography:
Henri DecaëCast:
Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett, Anthony Andrews, Anton Diffring, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Jiří Krampol, Kika Markham, Josef Abrhám (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
In OPERATION DAYBREAK, the Nazis have positioned maniacal commander Reinhard Heydrich (Anton Diffring) in the Czechoslovakian capital of Prague. Allied intelligence fears that should Hitler fail, Heydrich would continue the deadly expansion of the Third Reich. The British act quickly and send in three Czech parachutists to perform Operation Daybreak--a mission to assassinate Heydrich at any cost. The operation seems to be going according to plan for the Czech liberation movement until one of the parachutists, Sgt. Karel Curda (Martin Shaw), turns from Allied spy to informer, revealing the location of the Czech rebel headquarters to the Nazis. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Timothy Bottoms](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272818_5d871d.jpg)
Timothy Bottoms
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
![Martin Shaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269365_744689.jpg)
Martin Shaw
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Cranford (2007) (series)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV movie)
![Joss Ackland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/037/165037480_961244.jpg)
Joss Ackland
UK
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Nicola Pagett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/655/160655042_4b0277.gif)
Nicola Pagett
Egypt
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
A Woman of Substance (1984) (TV movie)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
![Anthony Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334298_885afd.jpg)
Anthony Andrews
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Anton Diffring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/607/160607399_2fab3c.jpg)
Anton Diffring
German Empire
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
![Reinhard Kolldehoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412564_84abfd.jpg)
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Damned (1969)
The Violent People (1970)
![Jiří Krampol](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/196/166196427_c3c01d.png)
Jiří Krampol
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
![Kika Markham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/806/163806079_7ddbca.jpg)
Kika Markham
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Two English Girls (1971)
![Josef Abrhám](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/323/166323293_f95e62.jpg)
Josef Abrhám
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
![Josef Laufer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268568_592a4d.jpg)
Josef Laufer
France
Best movies:
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
Dvacet let Olympicu (1983) (concert)
![Jaroslav Drbohlav](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/391/164391450_5bc5e2.jpg)
Jaroslav Drbohlav
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
That Instant, That While (1981)
How About a Plate of Spinach? (1977)
![Vítězslav Jandák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268186_20979e.jpg)
Vítězslav Jandák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Silent Pain (1990)
Signum Laudis (1980)
![Neil McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496895_cbed1e.jpg)
Neil McCarthy
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
![Vernon Dobtcheff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Ray Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/396/166396351_11bcd4.jpg)
Ray Smith
UK
Best movies:
Under Milk Wood (1971)
Three for the Road (1987)
Operation: Daybreak (1975)
Carl Duering
German Empire
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
![Ronald Radd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392280_92df92.jpg)
Ronald Radd
UK
Best movies:
The Double Man (1967)
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
![Gertan Klauber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477615_66701b.jpg)
Gertan Klauber
UK
Best movies:
Top Secret (1984)
Octopussy (1983)
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
![William Lucas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527275_3b2442.jpg)
William Lucas
UK
Best movies:
Tower of Evil (1972)
Sons and Lovers (1960)
X... the Unknown (1956)