Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak

Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Produced by	American Allied Pictures Československý Filmexport Filmové studio Barrandov Schuster Vista
Written by	Ronald Harwood
Starring	Anthony Andrews Timothy Bottoms Martin Shaw
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (theatrical) National Broadcasting Company (original airing)
Release date(s)	November, 1975
Country	United States Czechoslovakia
Language	English & German

Operation Daybreak is a 1975 World War II film based on the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague (see Operation Anthropoid) - starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It was adapted from the book Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess. In the U.S., the film was known as The Price of Freedom.

Cast

Films directed by Lewis Gilbert

1940s	The Little Ballerina (1944)

1950s	Once a Sinner (1950) Scarlet Thread (1951) There Is Another Sun (1951) Emergency Call (1952) Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952) Cosh Boy (1953) Johnny on the Run (1953) Albert R.N. (1953) The Good Die Young (1954) The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) Reach for the Sky (1956) The Admirable Crichton (1957) Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) A Cry from the Streets (1958) Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)

1960s	Light Up the Sky! (1960) Sink the Bismarck! (1960) The Greengage Summer (1961) H.M.S. Defiant (1962) The 7th Dawn (1964) Alfie (1966) You Only Live Twice (1967)

1970s	The Adventurers (1970) Friends (1971) Paul and Michelle (1974) Operation Daybreak (1975) Seven Nights in Japan (1976) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Moonraker (1979)

1980s	Educating Rita (1983) Not Quite Paradise (1985) Shirley Valentine (1989)

1990s	Stepping Out (1991) Haunted (1995)

2000s	Before You Go (2002)