Operation Daybreak :: Ambush scene
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- Ambush scene of Operation Daybreak.
'Operation Daybreak' is a 1975 World War II film based on the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
In London, the Czechoslovak government in exile (Prozatímní státní zřízení) was plotting to assassinate Heydrich. Two men specially trained by the British SOE or Special Operations Executive, Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík, were chosen for the operation. After receiving training from the British, they returned by parachute in December, dropped from a Halifax of 138 Squadron RAF.
On 27 May 1942, Heydrich was scheduled to attend a meeting with Hitler in Berlin. Heydrich would have to pass a section where the Dresden-Prague road merged with a road leading to the Troja Bridge. That intersection was a perfect spot for the attack because Heydrich's car would have to slow down to make a hairpin turn. The attack was, therefore, scheduled for 27 May. On that date, Heydrich was ambushed while he rode in his open car in the Prague suburb of Kobylisy. As the car slowed to take the hairpin bend in the road, Gabčík took aim with a Sten sub-machine gun, but it failed to fire. At that very moment, instead of ordering his driver to speed away, Heydrich called his car to a halt in an attempt to take on the two attackers. Kubiš then immediately threw a bomb (a converted anti-tank mine) at the rear of the car. The explosion wounded Heydrich and also Kubiš himself.
It is alleged that when the smoke cleared, Heydrich emerged from the wreckage with his gun still in his hand and he gave chase after Kubiš and tried to return fire. At least one account states that his pistol was not loaded. He ran for half a block, became weak from shock, and sent his driver, Klein, on foot to chase Gabčík. In the ensuing firefight, Gabčík shot Klein in the leg and escaped. Heydrich appeared not to be seriously injured.
One version suggests that a Czech woman went to Heydrich's aid and flagged down a truck delivering floor polish. First, Heydrich was placed in the back seat, but after complaining that the movement of the truck was causing him pain, he was placed in the back of the truck, lying on his stomach, and he was taken to Bulovka hospital. He had suffered a severe injury to the left side of his body with major damage to his diaphragm, spleen, and lung, as well as a broken rib. The doctors immediately performed an operation and, despite a slight fever, his recovery appeared to progress quite well. On 2 June, during a visit with Himmler, Heydrich reconciled himself with his fate by reciting a part of one of his father's operas:
"The world is just a barrel-organ which the Lord God turns Himself. We all have to dance to the tune which is already on the drum."[9]
After Himmler's visit, Heydrich slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness. He is said to have died at 4:30am on 4 June at the age of 38. The autopsy states that he died of septicemia. Of peculiar note, Heydrich's facial expression as he passed from the earth (his "death mask") betrayed an "uncanny spirituality and entirely perverted beauty, like a renaissance Cardinal," according to Dr. Bernhard Wehner, a police official who investigated the assassination. (The Order of the Death's Head, Hohne, p. 495')
Hitler was enraged that his "protector" of Czechoslovakia had been assassinated. He ordered a quick investigation into who was responsible. Intelligence linked the assassins to the town of Lidice, Czechoslovakia. In retaliation, Hitler ordered a series of deportations in Lidice. Children who had blond hair and blue eyes were separated from their families and "adopted" by German families. In fact, the assassins had nothing to do with Lidice.
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One of the greatest war films ever. I watched it when I was 12 and I could still remember most of the scenes. It made such an impact on me!!
Assisti quando tinha dez anos, as cenas do filme me impactam até hoje!
Un trou dans la chemise ..résistant ? ? ou planqué ? ?
I have watched hundreds of movies made between 1970 and 2000.This is one of the greatest films.A must watch.
I've seen this movie in 1976 when I was still in high school and it remains as one of the most suspenseful WW2 film I've ever seen.
Ricardo Agila could you please tell me the name of this movie?
Thank you :)
SONU KUMAR operation day break I quess. But best is Atentát.
Absolutely agree. I watch it every time it's on TV. When I visited Prague the church and crypt was the first thing I went to see
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I saw it in my college dorm TV room in 78, just before midnight. I stayed through the whole thing, absorbed.
"Operation Daybreak", is a great film, made in 1975 and directed by Lewis Gilbert who is renowned for directing character dramas such as "Alfie" and "Educating Rita" but he also directed some Bond films, "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker", and here he makes a great job of telling the true story of the mission to assassinate "the butcher of prague", evil Nazi, Reinhard Heydrich. I'd recommend watching the whole movie, its almost like watching a semi documentary with incredible realism, it is similar in style to another great movie called "The Day of The Jackal", also from the 1970s. Location filming in Prague is extensive which adds to the authenticity of the movie,.. I'd highly recommend it.
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The 1970 "The Day of The Jackal" is an awesome movie. Your comment here was excellent.
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I watched in 80s… when I was just 10 years old…still fresh in my mind..I could feel the coldness of the place , the suspense of the plot..
This is not the true story of what happened. Furthermore, being the director of Moon Raker explains much. Most fans rate this Bond movie as terrible. Still better than last three Daniel Craig train wrecks.
Possibly one of the BEST films about WWII. According to Boardroom Magazine 1985. Fantastic and a true story. Directed by Britain’s best ever director.
David Lean
Carol Reed...
One on my all time favourite films. I have it on DVD and watch it quite often. Can never get tired of watching this Film
Can you imagine your nerves waiting for that car. Hitler had told Heydrich not to go about without an armed escort but he ignored this advice.
and he was late .... I'm nervous when my bus is late
His arrogance was his undoing. He thought the Czech's wouldn't try anything on him.
And while publicly Hitler went through the proper mourning protocols for Heydrich privately he was absolutely furious with Heydrich for his unecessary and foolish risk-taking. As Hitler put it:
"What was he thinking? It's the opportunity that makes the thief!"
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@@wayneantoniazzi2706In reality, there were not many tears shed for Heydrich in Berlin. Heydrich allegedly had files with dirt on everyone and was passionately hated by top echelons of nazi hyeratchy because of that. I do find the theory
that he was finished off by Germans themselves as quite plausible.
I've seen this film over 10 times ( I've made a tradition of watching it every Christmas since I first saw it when I was about 19 years old) and the tension in this scene has never faded for me, nor the emotion that the music stirs and invokes , nor my admiration for the actual historical characters of the resistance fighters. If I become a father one day I want to watch the film with my kid to show them what true honour , heroism and self sacrifice consistutes. The remake with Cillian Murphy despite being well intentioned just does not compare to the power of this film.
Saw this move at least 20 times since 1975
You think this is tension you need to see the new movie operation anthropoid.
Have you ever seen Czech movie ATENTAT ( 1964) ?
@@ssherrierableI have and the original is better
One of the best WW2 movies.
The story is also true. Sadly underrated. Some emotionally charged scenes including the unforgettable final one.
In 1982 this movie was played in our school auditorium in Bombay, India. Loved the movie and the background music.
im 43 now since im on my teenage years i love to watch a classic movie like this...specially a bsae on a true story...
The ending of the 1975 original is one of the most touching scenes in Cinema history.
Yes i 100% agree. I remember watching it as a boy and being in tears at the end. It always stayed with me. So much so that i went to the same church in Prauge only 2 years ago to see for myself. The crypt is a small museum. Unfortunately giot the wrong day and couldn't go in. Maybe next time
@@scousemouse69 I did not know that the church and the crypt still exists. Yes. A very emotional ending. I watch the final scene on TH-cam often.
I never get tired of watching it.
Are you aware that actually there were 4 survivors and two and two shot themselves ? It is in the book titled " 7 men at Daybreak "
@Anthony Sawyer Thanks.I wish I could have visited. Good that the church is preserved like that.
@@ranilpeiris1929 I think the bullet marks are still on the outside of the church.
@@John-ob7dh Really ? They should keep it like that
Saw this film on channel 5 yesterday ,ive seen it many times and its still a very good war film
Im really pleased that its finally getting the acknowledgment it deserves.
I also used to love Anthony Andrews i can still remember him in Danger UXB another good war story
I heard from a Marine to never initiate an ambush with an open bolt weapon. This was a great example of that.
Operation Daybreak 1975 is one of the best movies of all time and one of the most underrated as well.A movie you will never get tired of watching
TH-cam allows you to watch a mass murderer get taken down in a loop.
My father's favourite scene..... He used to tell me about this scene when I was kid.. 😘
Saw this movie in December of 1978 in Bangalore (Galaxy theater) and on the same day I saw India vs West Indies 2nd test match live at KSCA. Now I own a DVD of this movie.
Love the music in this scene.
Well I can't say I'm optimistic about the score being re-released but if it ever does, I'm certainly in agreement with you on that. We can always hope!
Well, this took some time, but does this count - th-cam.com/video/k-UNhNzfM9g/w-d-xo.html ? I havent watched the movie myself so I do not know how this holds up...
This was the best film about the assassination of Heydrich ever made. It so well captured the moral dilemma of killing Heydrich while knowing the reprisals it would bring. Even counting on those reprisals. I wonder how this mission is viewed by the people of the Czech Republic.
I think the Czech 2016 movie Anthropoid is much better, it's time to watch it!
@@sinuhe0171 it was so
One of the best soundtracks ever, impossible to find.
Well music like that are in almost all Czechoslovak movies before Velvet Revolution and before Split to czech republic and slovak republic
Google David Hentschal or Hentchal Daybreak synth music and you should be able to find it and download it .
Cheers .
@@martinvyslouzil2163 Here it is: th-cam.com/video/jylVzNRWa6I/w-d-xo.html
From the childhood I am grateful for the opportunity to see the war movies. Still now whenever I have time I use to see them. One of them is this.
I just love how that music just keeps building and building, like things are about to blow up in a big way. I will have to see this whole movie in full sometime, I love wartime history.
Super film.. Saw it decades back... The suspense, the realistic depiction of a city waking up and starting work, and of course the climactic ending, never fails to get me. Haunting score too....
They were heroes, and they paid a terrible price for their heroism, as did the people of Prague.
I hope they are remembered in that country.
The people of Lidice really paid the price! All men were killed, and the women an children sent to concentration camps!
Most countries occupied by the Nazi's do remember, even though sadly the people who lived through those dark days are dwindling in numbers now.
Also the people of Lidice.
I watched this movie at an impressionable age and it made a such a powerful impression on me that after nearly 50 years I am able to remember most of the movie.
I musta seen this film a dozen times.Great acting from all.
At the beginning of this video the music is fantastic when he drives ahead of his escort by the way Heydrich was played by actor Anton Differing he is blonde and a real German in real life but never lived in Germany during WWII but can speak the German language perfectly a great man and actor. He also starred in Where Eagles Dare and many other WWII movies. If you look at his cars registration plate it says SS - 3 which means he is third to Adolf Hitler
Diffring was a great actor indeed.
a 38 year old man played by a 60 years old actor, great cinema..
You have to admit he was one old ugly looking 38 year old though.
I spent several days on Prague following the sites of this event. The site is now a dual carriageway, but the underpass and monument are emotional
I turned 20 in 1975. I was a Marine Corporal when I saw this. Great movie
20 myself in 75🎉
Watch this movie when I was about 8 or 9 years and the last scene was always stuck in my heart, now I'm 24.
Anton Diffring was such a good actor and extremely handsome too.
Anton D was a great character actor, witness Fahrenheit 451. Steve
At first I thought I could add him to my list of US/UK actors who'd worn German uniforms in movies and shows.
I realized when he delivered his lines that they actually got a German-speaker for the role.
Btw, that list is actually quite extensive.
@@shelbynamels973 Anton Diffring was German, he was born in Koblenz Germany, his first language was German and he studied acting in Berlin and Vienna Austria. As WW2 broke out he fled Germany for several reasons, one; he was Jewish, and he was also known to be Gay so either of those things would get you persecuted and murdered in Nazi Germany. There is a certain irony that a Jewish man should make a career from portraying nasty nazis on screen but then he was an actor who wanted to show how despicable the Nazis were, in real life he was a very charming and sweet man, nothing like the evil Nazis he portrayed, I met him once in a professional capacity back in the late 70s.
@@stevelofts8135 yep, Where Eagles Dare, Heroes Of Telemark, The Blue Max, and many others, he is best know for playing nasty Nazi officers in WW2 movies, ironically he was a German Jew who fled Germany as war broke out.
@@christoph404 Wolfgang Preiss also made a long career out of playing German Officers.
Today that honor belongs to Thomas Kretschmann the quintessential German Officer in movies.
One of the best feature films ever produced.
The driver should of kept going instead of standing there looking at the suspect struggling with the jammed sten.
It's one of my most favourite British made World War 2 movies.
@CrzayMazy He was using a British-supplied Sten gun. These were notorious for jamming, but were cheap to mass-produce and widely distributed to the European Resistance. The gun jammed. The scene is pretty accurate to history.
Every time I watch this scene I think " Will the gun jam? Yes? No? and as soon as he squeezes the trigger my heart sinks.
In a parallel universe , the gun dors not jam .
Plutarch , the first models were. They managed to make improvements on the succeeding models.
Plutarch yeah right.
Because it jammed OperationFoxley19441?
It's a sten, I would have been astonished if the piece of shit didn't have a stoppage.
These movie leads and aces all, the music the actors and script were well placed, one of my favorite movies and will until my last breath...
Music for this film is composed by David Hentschel my tutor.
Jack Green The music is truly beautiful.
uooww,,very young
Ms eldee
Yeah, but the sound editor ought to be slapped in the face.
Good appropriate music
So did the original composer lose the soundtrack?
Before Adolf Opalka left England to go out to his homeland he said he was longing for home. He said "Parts of me are all over the world". In England little was left of me, maybe more in Scotland (My Homeland where many of these young men did their training) 27 years of life behind me.They were all young men who went together on that journey to assassinate Heydrich and never came back. Where did they get all that courage from. Takes my breath away.
+Ms eldee Amen.
these guys give no shit to evil power. brave young men, they're my heroes. hope to visit the shrine one day.
excellent film, I have enjoyed this film so many times, and one of my favorite collection I have in classic range with me.
Saw this with my dad in 1976. I fell inloved with Jindriska, the little girl...I was 7 years of age.
One of my top 10 movies of all time. The movie Anthropoid is good too, but this one got my heart.
I know this isn't a 100% accurate depiction of the assassination (although still accurate overall), but IMO this is the best depiction of the assassination from a cinematic standpoint, more flair and more buildup and suspense and tension. Other depictions in Anthropoid and The Man With the Iron Heart, while more technically accurate in some small details, feel flat and perfunctory. Also has the best depiction of the final battle in the church, IMO.
I totally agree, this was always the best depiction for me too. Anthropoid is too much like Hollywood, the assassination scene feels like a wild west shootout.
I think that in the real assassination Heydrich was in the back seat of the car
@@nacho3mdp793 Yes it is true. Also in the real assassination- a tram was passing by the Heydrich car during the explosion (similar as Anthropoid movie) The pressure wave blew out the windows of the tram. My grandma knew a lady who sat on that tram. They both lived in the same block in Prague-Liben. She was cut by that glass. All passengers from the tram then had to be interrogated by the Gestapo. After the assassination, there was many night searches of apartments in a nearby neighborhood but also in many other districts in Prague. It must have been terrible when the Gestapo rang at night.. with dogs and they searched the whole apartment...
Interesting comment. Anthropoid is a good movie I think, but this movie is superior because of the look of Prague. The Man with the Iron Heart I thought was very weak. The best film is without a doubt the Czech version called Atentat from 1964
Heidrich is played by a great German actor, Anton Diffring who made a career out of playing German officers.
like Thomas Kretchmann
Where Eagle's Dare!
I remember him from Fahrenheit 451.
It’s quite ironic as Diffring himself had to flee nazi Germany due to him being gay. Admittedly though, he’s definitely got that German “look” to him.
I remember him in some of the early Frances Durbridge plays and serialised dramas in the mid 1950’s. Great actor.
He took the exact same route to work each day in an unarmored and recognizable vehicle.
His evilness was only matched by his arrogance, both common traits of hardcore Nazis like Heydrich.
I must have watched this film at least 6 times.Great acting by all.
Absolutely brilliant film, I just got it on DVD for $10 and the quality is great! Unfortunately none of the German scenes are subtitled, which seems to be a ubiquitous issue for DVD releases of this movie.
Prague looks EXACTLY the same, it's so amazing to see it again after travelling there last year.
JAM... No job is perfect, One of the best part and I might start thinking life is always like this...confusion.
I was in Prague in 2012 and visited the church they fought their last stand in. Surreal to see in person...
We all need this courage and effort
Yes, here is the best action packed movie based on true story, you will like it many times.
Such a great story and underrated movie.
Remember seeing it on screen in the 70s. Trying hard to get its DVD, but in vain. One of the unforgettable war thrillers.
Its available on dvd
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@@richardwilliams5312 Thank you Mr. Williams. But I live in India and am not sure whether it will be possible for me to get it.
The hay stuffing from the seat caused sepsis that killed Heydrich ....
One of the few successful assassinations of a top Na-zi official in WW2 .
Not hay, horse hair
Watch this as a young boy, probably about 8, watched it again the other night on fire stick absolutely brilliant.
If any of you are interested many of the landmarks of this film are still to be seen in Prague as well as a fitting memorial to those killed in reprisals.
Jsem pyšný na to, že jsem Čech.
(I'm proud that I am Czech)
And so you should be my friend Czechs are great people. (from Scotland).
I love this scene
Why?
@@Horriblebastad the way it was choreographed and shot. i mean 5 years back (i was13) this might have been one of my first world war 2 movies and just the way it all went down was pretty new to me. also fuck heydrich
A great film and was directed by three time Bond film director Lewis Gilbert.
3:25 He is holding the Sten by the magazine. Anyone trained to use one would have been told that the wear from doing this repeatedly could cause it to jam. The correct position for the left hand was palm upwards, underneath the gun, cradling it.
Katabatic i read it was dirty from carying it in pieces..
Yes thats most likely why it jammed.
Maybe there was only dud round, so he could reload and shoot...
@Fire&Ice909, your sarcastic criticism is unwarranted. This event is depicted in several films and all of them feature the gun jamming. In "Anthropoid", there's even a scene early in the film where one of the women chastises the assassin for not keeping his gun clean.
Whenever i see this seen
By heart realy beats fast.
Even after 50 years
The retribution metted out by the nazis on innocents after his killing was terrifying . But his killing probably saved many lives
The retribution was insane. Begs the question if the assassination was worth it. Still glad the allies won...don't get me wrong.
The thing is, Heydrich was widely hated amongst the high-ranking Nazis, but Hitler loved him. Hitler even ordered him to stop flying on combat missions out of fear he would get killed.
Now, .. assuming this 'wild Haaalleeewood imaginations' happened the way the movie says it did, you conveniently fail to recognize that those assassins actually didn't give a shit about the eventual retribution on their own people .... well deserved that is !!
Voihan sitä haaveilla jos uni tulee paremmin.
The system he set up was already in place to kill millions. But he was one of the Nazi most capable people and the guys who replaced him weren't as talented.
Assassination from far away 75 years later seems "worth it" but I'm not in those areas where retaliation murders took place.
Jozef Gabčík
Jan Kubiš
Adolf Opálka
Josef Valcik
Jaraslav Svarc
JOSEF bublik
Jan Hruby
They Are The Heroes of Human .
Remember Them , Forever .
Thanks for telling us all these Czech resistance heroes' names.
We will remember them 😥 😪
In reality, Heydrich was in the back seat of the limo and he was sitting when the grenade went off, under the car, not in it.
Saw this Movie(Z.C Philippines) when i was 10 years old in 1975 and went to the actual battle scene(2018) at Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague,Czechoslovakia
Just Imagine how it felt when the gun jammed?
they werent versed in that gun much oh well mission accomplished******
woulda been real nice if he would have peppered those nazi's then the bomb blast ..they deserved it
heydrich was lucky...they should have really done a number on him /// unrecognizable
He was a super villain, well educated, a polyglot, he played the violin good,highly intelligent,and he was a sociopath, without moral.
Boink!!!!! Oohhh..... Bloody hell.... Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!!
Thanks for uploading this, I saw it for the first time earlier today on UK television.
I wish you'd included more of the chase scenes immediately after she grenade throwing though, I found those particularly gripping. But thanks anyway, and I will watch this clip again and again.
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I love this movie..the courage this men have
His Commando firearms instructor would have kicked his arse for holding the magazine that way.
it always unseats the bullet and makes for misfires and jams.
This is a great film
One of the best war movies ever!!!
Wasn’t it called operation Anthropoid?
As I was watching the czechs waiting for Heydrich, I felt the drama and anticipation too
Oops! All the times he must have checked that gun before the ambush, and then - right when you need it - `click, click'...
It wasn't called the plumbers nightmare for nothing .
It's always good to check your weapon before you use it.
"It is alleged that when the smoke cleared, Heydrich emerged from the wreckage with his gun still in his hand..." Alleged by the movie makers maybe, but not by any historian who's actually familiar with the assasination. The movie may be a good story in its right, but it would be a mistake to think story in the movie follows what actually happened...
So there was no Heidrich ?
It's never a good idea to open an ambush with an open-bolt weapon.
A great film 🎥
In every respect.
A Sten production cost was One Pound Sterling in 1942.
Horsehair the most effective
@MultiFlyingTurtles
I don't know what happened historically, but if you hold a Sten gun by the magazine, as the character does here, it's almost bound to jam.
This is an excellent film, which I can watch repeatedly.
I think the Czech 2016 movie Anthropoid is much better, it's time to watch it!
@@sinuhe0171 no
One of my top5 of all time...slightly b-grade, awesome music, very real, amazing film :)
I see you left out the aftermath of what happened to the people of that village, you leave out every man, woman, and child was killed for the killing of this Nazi. the town was destroyed and the land was salted like the Roman did when they punished a people are country that rebelled against their rule.
I suppose you would just show your belly. 🙄
You miss the point. Freedom requires heroes. The Nazis didn't need an excuse to murder 6 million Jews.
I saw the movie for the first time on the Military Channel, but they disgusted me when they cut out the ending credits when they show the characters and what became of them in real life. They crunched it to the side going at a supper fast rate just so they can cram more commercials!
Watching this movie right now on Channel 5. That village of Liditz really did happen and all those villagers murdered by the Nazo's evil bastards
Lidice it was called.
i belong to a small family i was damaged by my own relative by fearing i couldnt say this to any one i was always tearing inside for three years untill now .he or she used media to fear me my one and only son.through scenes through animals through harmfull words.i cant have an operation day break. god has to operate on behalf of our small family.
what?
OUTSTANDING FILM!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT.
That is a great war film 🎥 fantastic acting by all cast
tamo RPG its me. just finnished watching the clip. very good of you. Anthropoid by sean ellis is also based on the same theme. have a quick watch of that movie
@091053JG You are right:
1. The attack took place next to some trees, not buildings.
2. The look-out man used a mirror, not a cigarette
3. Heydrich's car did not stop completely
4. Kubis threw a modified anti tank grenade, not the type seen here.
5. The grenade exploded in the gutter, not inside the car.
6. Kubis was himself wounded in the face by shrapnel.
Apart from that, okay ! :)
It seems to me the lack of secondary, fall back plans of attack set this assassination up for failure from the start. If the Sten jams, use a handgun, if that fails attack with a bayonet or knife. There are three-four operators so each one could have merged on the car from separate directions to good effect. They were all volunteers so self sacrifice was built into the plan from the beginning.
There were several major mistakes in the operational planning from the very beginning. I read the book over 40 years ago.
@@iandeare1 thanks, I'll see if I can find it.
@@blackbird5634:
Seven Men at Daybreak
By Alan Burgess
Published by Evans Brothers, London, 1960
I've found reference to reprints as late as 1980
Looked like the fall back plan involved a Mills bomb. Which worked.
Sten guns had a bad habit of Jamming but they were very basic and extremely cheap to Manufacture They served brilliantly in the jungles of New Guinea against the Japanese.
About 4 million Sten guns were built and issued during WW2. They needed to be kept clean as most weapons do.
Saw this one ages ago in a cinema hall !!!!! Still remember the end especially !!!! 😨😵
I'd never heard of or seen this movie, but after watching this short excerpt it is definitely required viewing, and I'm delighted to see it is still available from Amazon. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
The Czechs were getting on well with the Germans and were producing armaments for them. Britain sent in the squad because they knew if Heydrich was assassinated the Germans would severely punish the Czechs who would then turn against the Germans. It worked.
ROfl slap yourself please :D
Unfortunately this movie is apparently not available on DVD. I once downloaded it using Torrent in a moderate quality... The ambush scene is legendary although the location does not look even remotely like the real curve of the Holesovic street in Prague which I visited recently.
Very brave men on what was basically a suicide mission.
Oh no ! The Sten gun jammed ! Great film .
Thank you to everyone in the comments for pointing out the Nazi-guy was a bad guy, monster, etc. It really helps clarify this otherwise confusing scene. Your historical expertise is much appreciated. 👍 👏
Named the hangman of Prague.
This movie is just so freekin excellent!!
Seems stupid for the driver to leave Heydrich alone considering one of the other agents was clearly in earshot warning his buddy to run for the hills.