Assassination
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- Runtime
- 104 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Radoslav Brzobohatý
- Rudolf Jelínek
- Ladislav Mrkvička
- Luděk Munzar
- Josef Vinklář
- Siegfried Loyda
- Harry Studt
- Wolf Goette
- Gerhard Rachold
- Harald Halgardt
- Jiří Kodet
- Vlastimil Čaněk
- Jaroslav Dufek
- Václav Kutheil
- Pavel Molčík
- Jiří Holý
- Jaroslav Moučka
- Petr Oliva
- Jiří Vršťala
- Vlasta Matulová
- Vladimír Hlavatý
- Oldřich Velen
- Gustav Heverle
- Miloš Vavruška
- Eduard Dubský
- Alex Jandouš
- Oldřich Lukeš
- Ivan Foustka
- Pavel Robin
- Richard Záhorský
- Ludmila Dyrová
- Věra Kalenská
- Milada Lukašovská
- Pavel Bártl
- Josef Trousílek
- Miroslav Barták
- Jiří Cimický
- Karel Černoch
- Jaroslav Ciboch
- Arnošt Faltýnek
- Oto Ševčík
- Jan Neubert
- Vladimír Navrátil
- Vladimír Machek
- Jan Laibl
- Jaroslav Krupař
- Pavel Kvasnička
- Jiří Hein
- Ladislav Gzela
- Jindřich Chmela
- Josef Šolc
- Stanislav Fišer
- Jindřich Narenta
Director
- Jiří Sequens
Producers
Screenwriter
- Kamil Pixa
- Miloslav Fábera
- Jiří Sequens
