Assassination (1965)
War · Drama · History
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.
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