Assassination (1965)
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.
- Released
- 1965-08-20
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Kamil Pixa, Miloslav Fábera, Jiří Sequens, Jiří Sequens
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 17 votes
Cast
- Radoslav Brzobohatý as Adolf Opálka alias nadporučík Král
- Rudolf Jelínek as Jan Kubiš alias rotmistr Strnad
- Ladislav Mrkvička as Josef Gabčík alias rotmistr Vyskočil
- Luděk Munzar as nadporučík Sedlák
- Josef Vinklář as admirál Canaris
- Siegfried Loyda as Reinhard Heydrich
- Harry Studt as admirál Canaris
- Wolf Goette
- Gerhard Rachold
- Harald Halgardt
- Jiří Kodet as rotmistr Toušek zvaný Jožka
- Vlastimil Čaněk