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Assassination (1965)

Assassination (1965)

Drama History War
Release Date: 1965, August 20
Directors: Jiří Sequens
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Luděk Munzar, Stanislav Fišer, Jiří Holý, Oldřich Velen, Miloš Vavruška, Jindřich Narenta, Pavel Robin, Vladimír Hlavatý, Jaroslav Moučka, Petr Oliva, Richard Záhorský

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on true story world war ii czech history assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942) lidice massacre