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Assassination (1965)

Directed by Jiří Sequens

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.

Length 104 minutes

Actors

Radoslav Brzobohatý | Rudolf Jelínek | Ladislav Mrkvička | Luděk Munzar | Josef Vinklář | Siegfried Loyda | Harry Studt | Wolf Goette | Gerhard Rachold | Harald Halgardt | Jiří Kodet | Vlastimil Čaněk | Jaroslav Dufek | Václav Kutheil | Pavel Molčík | Jiří Holý | Jaroslav Moučka | Petr Oliva | Jirí Vrstála | Vlasta Matulová | Vladimír Hlavatý | Oldřich Velen | Gustav Heverle | Miloš Vavruška | Eduard Dubský | Alex Jandouš | Oldřich Lukeš | Ivan Foustka | Pavel Robin | Richard Záhorský | Ludmila Dyrová | Věra Kalenská | Milada Lukašovská | Pavel Bartl | Josef Trousílek | Miroslav Barták | Jiří Cimický | Karel Černoch | Jaroslav Ciboch | Arnošt Faltýnek | Otto Ševčík | Jan Neubert | Vladimír Navrátil | Vladimír Machek | Jan Laibl | Jaroslav Krupař | Pavel Kvasnička | Jirí Hein | Ladislav Gzela | Jindřich Chmela | Josef Šolc | Stanislav Fišer | Jindřich Narenta