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The Saturday Film: Operation Daybreak

on BBC One London

starring
Timothy Bottoms , Martin Shaw Joss Ackland , Nicola Pagett
1941. Three Free Czechs are parachuted back into their country by the RAF to assassinate the Nazi ' Protector ' Heydrich. They make contact with the local resistance group, but after Heydrich's death the Nazi net tightens to a final shoot-out in the crypt of a Prague church.
Screenplay by RONALD HARWOOD from the novel by ALAN BURGESS
Produced by CARTER DE HAVEN Directed by LEWIS GILBERT
(First showing on British television) Films: page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Timothy Bottoms
Unknown:
Martin Shaw
Unknown:
Joss Ackland
Unknown:
Nicola Pagett
Unknown:
Ronald Harwood
Novel By:
Alan Burgess
Produced By:
Carter de Haven
Directed By:
Lewis Gilbert
Jan Kubis:
Timothy Bottoms
Karel Curda:
Martin Shaw
Janak:
Joss Ackland
Anna:
Nicola Pagett
Josef Gabcik:
Anthony Andrews
Tereza:
Kika Markham
Reinhard Heydrich:
Anton Diffring
Karl Frank:
Carl Duering
Aunt Marie:
Diana Coupland
Aunt Marie's husband:
Ronald Radd
Ata:
Kim Fortune
Fr Petrek:
Cyril Shaps
Jindriska:
Paula Matejovska
Hajek:
Ray Smith
Vaclav:
Timothy West
Sonja:
Ann Lonnberg
Piotr:
Vernon Dobtcheff
Fleischer:
Reni Kolldehoff
Panwitz:
George Sewell
Doctor:
William Lucas
Surgeon:
Frank Gatliff
Sefrna:
Dr Josef Stoll
Klein:
Ludvik Wolf
General:
Nigel Stock

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