Operation Daybreak Page #2

Synopsis: In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The terror and oppression that follow cause Allied authorities in London to authorize a secret mission to kill the man who has come to be known as "The Butcher of Prague". The film explores shows the operation leading up to Heydrich's death as well as the massive German reprisals that followed it.
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director(s): Lewis Gilbert
Production: Warner Bros.
 
IMDB:
7.1
PG
Year:
1975
118 min
373 Views


I never dreamed

How long you can stay?

I don't know

Day? Week?

I don't know

I'll come to see whenever

I can I promise

See you in the morning

OK:

- Good luck

- Thank you

I'm Curda

Mommy, he's here

Good evening

and welcome

Thank you

My daughter

Jundriska

I'm Karel

Call me aunt Marie

everyone does

I'll show you

to your room

Thank you

Oh... There's

just one thing

My husband works on the railways

and knows nothing of this

As far as he's

concerned

you are from the country and

looking for work in Prague, alright?

My son, Ata

- Hello

- He studied in the conservatory

I'll get you

something to eat

Thank you

Oh... When you wanna contact

your friends, you tell me

- OK

- OK

There are eight streets

leading off the square

Which one do you take if you

want to go to aunt Marie's?

One by the clock

And St. Nicholas

Cathedral

The next one

passed the clock

Walk straight past

Don't look side ways

You've seen nothing

What's happening?

I don't know but

we mustn't stay...

Heydrich!

Come away please You

mustn't stand here

Josef

These are back up

I don't like it

Am I not right, eh?

You are right

It's funny in English

I desire my language

It's late

I didn't realize father

All well with you?

As usual Is Karel in?

Yeah

Good night

You're very late, Carl

I had a hard day

Panic from the

moment I went home

You should have

seen the chaos

Cattle trucks

The Germans want

every single one

Cattle trucks

God knows why

On top of all that we got an order

for Heydrich's special train

He's going to Berlin

in three days

Heydrich

I knew it

I knew it was

something important

All those scooters

always works

Well?

I don't know

I'm not sure

I have to

think about it

Perhaps we should wait for the

other parachutists to arrive

No We can't

take the risk

We have to do it the day

he leaves for Berlin

It might be the only

chance we get

Have you thought

what they will do

if you succeed

in killing him?

We have our orders

People who gave you those

orders are safe in London

They don't have to suffer

what that are priceless

Think what they

will do to this country

The world would

come down on our heads

It's a chance

we have to take

My God they send

us children

Do you imagine we didn't think

about assassinating Heydrich?

Why didn't you then?

Because we know the

consequences will be

We are soldiers

This is a war

If you won't help

us we'll do it alone

We never said we

would not help you

What do you

want us to do?

Where is the best

place to kill him?

It's comming

So our beloved furiortics

takes time off

from the heads of state

to welcome to Berlin

one of the man who was helping

him in the glorious task

of governing

the third life

SS Overcopen furior

Reinhard Heydrich

Rights protector of

Bohemia and Bohevia

Icefuraskis him love watches

as the presentations are made

The furior and his two

most trusted advisors

are to meet in secret conference

at Ice Transli in Berlin

before the furior leaves for

the ceremony at Vegetor's Garden

Decorate out

victorious generals

who have brought honor and glory

to the third life and to the furior

We should have stopped

that other train

God if only we can get

accurate information

We've got to send those

man from London now

Wireless operators to set up

a communications network

Lose of time and energy

and thought and for what?

Killing

Christ

we are young

We should be out

enjoying ourselves

If it was peace time

suddenly... now

What would you do?

I'd go out and

buy a dress

A bright red

dress made of silk

I'd see a good

football match

Maybe get drunk

afterwards

Parties, dancing!

It's bad luck to

be over age

Yes, bad luck

Oh, don't bother to

iron on the back

Nobody sees

Dance with me?

I... I don't know how to

You don't know

how to dance?

No I never

had the chance

Never?

Shouldn't you

be leaving?

It's late

He's getting

use to you

The messeges arrived

from Berlin

which I've been

authorized to translate

For the duration

of war emergency

I hereby appoint you

commissioner and protector

for all occupied

terratories in Europe

Arrange your affairs in order to

arrive in Berlin without delay

Adolf Hitler

- Thursday... Are you sure?

- I'm sure

What's happening?

Next thursday

He didn't give

us much time

He must give us time

We'll use one to

the New Post

No no Curda is right

It's too dangerous

That's for us

to decide

It's not for

you to decide

There are too many

Czech lives at stake

I am gonna stop this

I am gonna

notify London

London's orders were

perfectly clear

Kill Heydrich

at all costs

We've been here weeks

Well I think it's

only in four days

Perhaps it's because we've

been looking for a safe way

Maybe we're going to

have to risk everything

What do you

mean everything?

Something we've been thinking

about for some time

He rises at 7 AM

Breakfast, bathes and he's

dressed by his vallet

7:
45 precisely, he usually

says goodbye to his daughter,

gets into his Mercedez, which

is driven by a Chauffeur Glen

When the car proceeds

down the drive

he's escorted by

armed troop carrier

one jeep and

an armered car

The convoy traveles very slowly

at about 40 miles per hour

The first part of the journey

is through the country side

Tree lined roads

and small villages,

along order of specially constructed

to take him into Prague

He enters the out skirt of

the Prague at this point here

Proceeds around the bended

Vulsavitcha junction

And then enters Harry Channy

castle at 8:
05 AM precisely

And he's been doing the

samething every day without fail

It never varies

What do you think Jan?

There's only one place

Here

We kill him there as he comes

around Vulsavitcha junction

But he's heavily

guarded all the time

He slows down

You are gonna

stand there?

Pointing your guns a few

feet from Heydrich,

in full view of

his escort?

We'll never get

away with it

It's the only place

It's suicide

Run!

Alright, you two!

Pick him up, put him in the

back of the bakers land

Come on!

Be careful

Easy, easy

Vlavika hospital quickly

I said it was impossible

we should never even have tried

It's on the radio

he's still alive

They are offering reward of

ten million crowns

It jammed

I had him!

I had him!

Mommy, have you

seen my bicycle?

Oh Christ, I left it

outside of Kinsles

Quickly Jundriska get it

and bring it back here

No I must go

No go alone Jundriska

it's safer

Hundreds of splinters

from the grenade...

penetrated deeply into

the lumbar region

We removed

what we could

but his spleen and kidneys

are seriously damaged

But much more dangerous

is the fine splinters

of horse hair

and material from the car appulsory

had entered the blood stream

We may have to

operate again

No you are not

to touch him

But dear Frank?

The furior's own sergeons are

comming Keep him alive untill then

But if blood

poisoning sets in?

Oh father of mercy

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Ronald Harwood

Sir Ronald Harwood, CBE, FRSL (born Ronald Horwitz; 9 November 1934) is an author, playwright and screenwriter. He is most noted for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). more…

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