Operation: Daybreak
"It was a hit and run operation with no place to run"
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
"It was a hit and run operation with no place to run"
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
Timothy Bottoms
Jan Kubis
Martin Shaw
Karel Curda
Joss Ackland
Janák
Nicola Pagett
Anna
Anthony Andrews
Jozef Gabcík
Anton Diffring
Reinhard Heydrich
Carl Duering
Karl Frank
Cyril Shaps
Father Petrek
Nigel Stock
General
Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.
The plot is certainly interesting, even more for quite an important event during the WWII, but the movie doesn't really add anything to the story that cannot be read in a quick glance to the Wikipedia. The cast performs as if they would be robots, with poor dialogues, and the directing feels like if it would be done with a ruler and following a strict method. Not too bad in the latter, but it doesn't feel natural at all.
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