Assassination

Name: Assassination
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 1965-08-20
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Rudolf Jelínek, Ladislav Mrkvička, Luděk Munzar, Josef Vinklář

Atentát (1965)

1:44 (104 min)

War, Drama, History

Czechoslovakia

7.3/10
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Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Release date

20 August 1965

Director

Jiří Sequens

Scenario

Kamil Pixa

Author

Composer

Miloš Vacek

All team (38)

Actors

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Adolf Opálka alias nadporučík Král

Rudolf Jelínek

Jan Kubiš alias rotmistr Strnad

Ladislav Mrkvička

Josef Gabčík alias rotmistr Vyskočil

Luděk Munzar

nadporučík Sedlák

Josef Vinklář

admirál Canaris

Siegfried Loyda

Reinhard Heydrich

Harry Studt

admirál Canaris

Jiří Kodet

rotmistr Toušek zvaný Jožka

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Short description

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.