Operation: Daybreak (1975) - film review

Adventure / Drama / War

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Operation: Daybreak is an American war film first released in 1975, directed by Lewis Gilbert. The film is based on a novel by Alan Burgess and stars Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett and Anthony Andrews. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Lewis Gilbert
Script: Alan Burgess (novel), Ronald Harwood
Photo: Henri Decaë
Music: David Hentschel
Cast: Timothy Bottoms (Sgt. Jan Kubis), Martin Shaw (Sgt. Karel Curda), Joss Ackland (Janák), Nicola Pagett (Anna), Anthony Andrews (Sgt. Jozef Gabcík), Anton Diffring (Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich), Carl Duering (Karl Frank, Gestapo Chief), Cyril Shaps (Father Petrek), Diana Coupland (Aunt Marie Moravcová), Ronald Radd (Karel Moravec), Kim Fortune (Ata Moravec), Pavla Matéjuvská (Jindri^Úka Moravcová), Ray Smith (Hájek), George Sewell (Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator), Reinhard Kolldehoff (Fleischer, Gestapo), Kika Markham (Curda’s Wife), Philip Madoc (Heydrich’s interpreter), Nigel Stock (General), Cyril Cross, Vernon Dobtcheff (Pyotr), Frank Gatliff (Surgeon), Jirí Krampol, Radoslav Dubansky, Josef Abrhám, Josef Laufer, Jaroslav Drbohlav, Vítezslav Jandák, Aubrey Woods, Keith James, William Lucas (Doctor (Sonja’s Father)), John Abineri, Gertan Klauber (Kubelwagen driver), Neil McCarthy (Man at quarry)
Country: USA / Czechoslovakia / Yugoslavia
Language: English / German
Runtime: 118 min

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