"It was a hit and run operation with no place to run"

1975

1h 58m

6.9(46 votes)

Action

War

Overview

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.

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Cast & Crew

32 members

Acting

Timothy Bottoms

Jan Kubis

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Martin Shaw

Karel Curda

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Joss Ackland

Janák

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Nicola Pagett

Anna

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Anthony Andrews

Jozef Gabcík

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Anton Diffring

Reinhard Heydrich

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Carl Duering

Karl Frank

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Cyril Shaps

Father Petrek

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Nigel Stock

General

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Diana Coupland

Aunt Marie

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Ronald Radd

Carl, Aunt Marie's Husband

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Kim Fortune

Atá

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Ray Smith

Hájek

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George Sewell

Heinz Panwitz, Chief Investigator

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Kika Markham

Curda's Wife

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Frank Gatliff

Surgeon

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Aubrey Woods

Servant

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Reinhard Kolldehoff

Fleischer, Gestapo

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Philip Madoc

Heydrich's interpreter

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Pyotr

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Cyril Cross

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Jiří Krampol

Adolf Opálka

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Radoslav Dubanský

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Josef Abrhám

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Josef Laufer

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Jaroslav Drbohlav

Josef Bublík

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Vítězslav Jandák

Czech Resistance Member

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Pavla Matejovska

Jindriska (uncredited)

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Neil McCarthy

Man at Quarry (uncredited)

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Gertan Klauber

Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)

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William Lucas

Doctor (Sonja's Father) (uncredited)

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John Abineri

(uncredited)

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