FEATURE FILM

Operation: Daybreak

6.9/10
TMDB50 votes
1975Original: English118 min

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

Genres: Action, War
Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett, Anthony Andrews

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Operation: Daybreak

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

Operation: Daybreak (1975) is a film in the action, war genres. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. The cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett.

Released
1975-11-01
Original language
English
Runtime
118 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, United States of America
Production companies
Vista, Howard R. Schuster, American Allied Pictures, Filmové studio Barrandov
Directors
Lewis Gilbert
Writers
Ronald Harwood

Operation: Daybreak cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.9/10 from 50 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

Andres Gomez

TMDB member review

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…

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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.

Questions about Operation: Daybreak

What is Operation: Daybreak about?

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

Who stars in Operation: Daybreak?

Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett, Anthony Andrews, Anton Diffring. See the cast cards above for character names.

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