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Assassination

1965-08-20 · 104 min · ★ 7.5

War · Drama · History

In autumn 1941, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich’s brutal rule in occupied Bohemia and Moravia fuels Czech resistance. In spring 1942, the government-in-exile sends trained paratroopers led by Lt. Král on a mission to assassinate him. Masters Strnad and Vyskočil ambush Heydrich’s open Mercedes in Prague’s Libeň district, mortally wounding him despite a jammed submachine gun. Their success triggers harsh Nazi reprisals, mass executions, and an intense manhunt for the operatives.

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Directors
Jiří Sequens
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Radoslav BrzobohatýRadoslav BrzobohatýAdolf Opálka alias nadporučík Král
Rudolf JelínekRudolf JelínekJan Kubiš alias rotmistr Strnad
Ladislav MrkvičkaLadislav MrkvičkaJosef Gabčík alias rotmistr Vyskočil
Luděk MunzarLuděk Munzarnadporučík Sedlák
Josef VinklářJosef Vinklářadmirál Canaris
Siegfried LoydaSiegfried LoydaReinhard Heydrich
Harry StudtHarry Studtadmirál Canaris
Wolf Goette
Gerhard RacholdGerhard Rachold
Harald HalgardtHarald Halgardt
Jiří KodetJiří Kodetrotmistr Toušek zvaný Jožka
Vlastimil ČaněkVlastimil Čaněk
Jaroslav DufekJaroslav Dufek
Václav Kutheil
Pavel MolčíkSedláček
Jiří HolýJiří Holývelitel odbojáru Ondra Pavelka
Jaroslav MoučkaJaroslav Moučkaodbojár Vasek
Petr OlivaPetr OlivaVita Otradovec
Jiří VršťalaJiří Vršťala
Vlasta MatulováVlasta MatulováOtradovcová

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