---
title: 'Operation Daybreak (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lewis Gilbert'
released: '1975-11-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Yugoslavia'
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-daybreak-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075019/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Operation Daybreak (1975)

1975 · 118 min · Drama, Adventure, War · Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, United States


## Synopsis

Operation Daybreak is a 1975 war film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS general Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, the film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It is adapted from the book Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lewis Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-gilbert)
- **Screenplay:** [Ronald Harwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-harwood)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Hentschel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hentschel)
- **Producer:** [Carter DeHaven](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-dehaven), [Carter DeHaven](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-dehaven-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)
- **Editor:** [Thelma Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/thelma-connell)

## Cast

- [Jiří Krampol](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-krampol)
- [Anton Diffring](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-diffring)
- [Pavla Matějovská](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavla-matejovska)
- [William Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lucas)
- [Joss Ackland](https://cinepixo.com/people/joss-ackland)
- [Cyril Shaps](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-shaps)
- [Josef Laufer](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-laufer)
- [Ronald Radd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-radd)
- [Anthony Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-andrews)
- [Jaroslav Drbohlav](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-drbohlav)
- [Frank Gatliff](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-gatliff)
- [Vítězslav Jandák](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitezslav-jandak)
- [Martin Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-shaw)
- [Philip Madoc](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-madoc)
- [Neil McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-mccarthy)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/operation-daybreak-1975
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