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  • Ambush scene of Operation Daybreak.
    'Operation Daybreak' is a 1975 World War II film based on the true story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague.
    In London, the Czechoslovak government in exile (Prozatímní státní zřízení) was plotting to assassinate Heydrich. Two men specially trained by the British SOE or Special Operations Executive, Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík, were chosen for the operation. After receiving training from the British, they returned by parachute in December, dropped from a Halifax of 138 Squadron RAF.
    On 27 May 1942, Heydrich was scheduled to attend a meeting with Hitler in Berlin. Heydrich would have to pass a section where the Dresden-Prague road merged with a road leading to the Troja Bridge. That intersection was a perfect spot for the attack because Heydrich's car would have to slow down to make a hairpin turn. The attack was, therefore, scheduled for 27 May. On that date, Heydrich was ambushed while he rode in his open car in the Prague suburb of Kobylisy. As the car slowed to take the hairpin bend in the road, Gabčík took aim with a Sten sub-machine gun, but it failed to fire. At that very moment, instead of ordering his driver to speed away, Heydrich called his car to a halt in an attempt to take on the two attackers. Kubiš then immediately threw a bomb (a converted anti-tank mine) at the rear of the car. The explosion wounded Heydrich and also Kubiš himself.
    It is alleged that when the smoke cleared, Heydrich emerged from the wreckage with his gun still in his hand and he gave chase after Kubiš and tried to return fire. At least one account states that his pistol was not loaded. He ran for half a block, became weak from shock, and sent his driver, Klein, on foot to chase Gabčík. In the ensuing firefight, Gabčík shot Klein in the leg and escaped. Heydrich appeared not to be seriously injured.
    One version suggests that a Czech woman went to Heydrich's aid and flagged down a truck delivering floor polish. First, Heydrich was placed in the back seat, but after complaining that the movement of the truck was causing him pain, he was placed in the back of the truck, lying on his stomach, and he was taken to Bulovka hospital. He had suffered a severe injury to the left side of his body with major damage to his diaphragm, spleen, and lung, as well as a broken rib. The doctors immediately performed an operation and, despite a slight fever, his recovery appeared to progress quite well. On 2 June, during a visit with Himmler, Heydrich reconciled himself with his fate by reciting a part of one of his father's operas:
    "The world is just a barrel-organ which the Lord God turns Himself. We all have to dance to the tune which is already on the drum."[9]
    After Himmler's visit, Heydrich slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness. He is said to have died at 4:30am on 4 June at the age of 38. The autopsy states that he died of septicemia. Of peculiar note, Heydrich's facial expression as he passed from the earth (his "death mask") betrayed an "uncanny spirituality and entirely perverted beauty, like a renaissance Cardinal," according to Dr. Bernhard Wehner, a police official who investigated the assassination. (The Order of the Death's Head, Hohne, p. 495')
    Hitler was enraged that his "protector" of Czechoslovakia had been assassinated. He ordered a quick investigation into who was responsible. Intelligence linked the assassins to the town of Lidice, Czechoslovakia. In retaliation, Hitler ordered a series of deportations in Lidice. Children who had blond hair and blue eyes were separated from their families and "adopted" by German families. In fact, the assassins had nothing to do with Lidice.
    Src: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard...

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  • @GurgoenKyap
    @GurgoenKyap Před 2 lety +51

    One of the greatest war films ever. I watched it when I was 12 and I could still remember most of the scenes. It made such an impact on me!!

    • @renatoperrone4734
      @renatoperrone4734 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Assisti quando tinha dez anos, as cenas do filme me impactam até hoje!

  • @ranilpeiris1929
    @ranilpeiris1929 Před 3 lety +17

    I have watched hundreds of movies made between 1970 and 2000.This is one of the greatest films.A must watch.

  • @christoph404
    @christoph404 Před 7 lety +279

    "Operation Daybreak", is a great film, made in 1975 and directed by Lewis Gilbert who is renowned for directing character dramas such as "Alfie" and "Educating Rita" but he also directed some Bond films, "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker", and here he makes a great job of telling the true story of the mission to assassinate "the butcher of prague", evil Nazi, Reinhard Heydrich. I'd recommend watching the whole movie, its almost like watching a semi documentary with incredible realism, it is similar in style to another great movie called "The Day of The Jackal", also from the 1970s. Location filming in Prague is extensive which adds to the authenticity of the movie,.. I'd highly recommend it.

    • @vishalsuthar1487
      @vishalsuthar1487 Před 2 lety +1

      How to download it

    • @chasein7019
      @chasein7019 Před 2 lety +11

      The 1970 "The Day of The Jackal" is an awesome movie. Your comment here was excellent.

    • @abdelazizabdelshafy1003
      @abdelazizabdelshafy1003 Před 2 lety

      ح

    • @johnseldow3573
      @johnseldow3573 Před 2 lety +5

      I watched in 80s… when I was just 10 years old…still fresh in my mind..I could feel the coldness of the place , the suspense of the plot..

    • @Michael_Veritas
      @Michael_Veritas Před rokem +1

      This is not the true story of what happened. Furthermore, being the director of Moon Raker explains much. Most fans rate this Bond movie as terrible. Still better than last three Daniel Craig train wrecks.

  • @ricardoagila3115
    @ricardoagila3115 Před 9 lety +69

    I've seen this movie in 1976 when I was still in high school and it remains as one of the most suspenseful WW2 film I've ever seen.

    • @SONUKUMAR-hk6ic
      @SONUKUMAR-hk6ic Před 6 lety +2

      Ricardo Agila could you please tell me the name of this movie?
      Thank you :)

    • @alphasquadleaderb9859
      @alphasquadleaderb9859 Před 5 lety +4

      SONU KUMAR operation day break I quess. But best is Atentát.

    • @chrislawrence3964
      @chrislawrence3964 Před 2 lety +3

      Absolutely agree. I watch it every time it's on TV. When I visited Prague the church and crypt was the first thing I went to see

    • @robertflagg6572
      @robertflagg6572 Před 2 lety +1

      @@alphasquadleaderb9859y

    • @doncallangher6177
      @doncallangher6177 Před 2 lety +2

      I saw it in my college dorm TV room in 78, just before midnight. I stayed through the whole thing, absorbed.

  • @michaelandrematrhews9972
    @michaelandrematrhews9972 Před 3 lety +8

    One on my all time favourite films. I have it on DVD and watch it quite often. Can never get tired of watching this Film

  • @caroll3309
    @caroll3309 Před 6 lety +15

    Saw this film on channel 5 yesterday ,ive seen it many times and its still a very good war film
    Im really pleased that its finally getting the acknowledgment it deserves.
    I also used to love Anthony Andrews i can still remember him in Danger UXB another good war story

  • @ranilpeiris1929
    @ranilpeiris1929 Před 3 lety +17

    Operation Daybreak 1975 is one of the best movies of all time and one of the most underrated as well.A movie you will never get tired of watching

    • @maryshaffer8474
      @maryshaffer8474 Před 3 lety

      CZcams allows you to watch a mass murderer get taken down in a loop.

  • @universalexports777
    @universalexports777 Před 4 lety +10

    Fantastic war film up there with the best-and the theme music is brilliant!

  • @draw_ornately8429
    @draw_ornately8429 Před 3 lety +177

    This film never fails. I’ve seen it repeatedly and the level of emotion I feel never alters. These men were true heroes, as were all the men, women and children who assisted them. I’m in awe of the level of courage they had, and we all owe our freedom to people like these.

    • @realcritical-kr2dd
      @realcritical-kr2dd Před 2 lety +2

      Allied bias

    • @marttoom5903
      @marttoom5903 Před 2 lety +1

      total crap - Heydrich shoot nearest assassin whos STEN malfunctioned (unfortunately he missed), ordered car to stop and chased the attackers until one homemade grenade splinter hit him. He was a very brave and cold-blooded fighter. Heydrich's driver was also wounded by one of assassins, who got lucky by shooting on run. Two surviving assassins committed suicide, when SS troops surrounded them later.

    • @ayanjit9196
      @ayanjit9196 Před 2 lety +3

      I saw this movie and also the other movie called day of the jackal. These are incredible. My father had such a great taste for movies

    • @drejtoman2974
      @drejtoman2974 Před 2 lety +2

      @@marttoom5903 are you a ? nazi

    • @marttoom5903
      @marttoom5903 Před 2 lety

      @@drejtoman2974 no. Are you?

  • @MrDogs32
    @MrDogs32 Před 13 lety +3

    thanks for posting..hard film to find ..one of my favs

  • @BLUEsurf63
    @BLUEsurf63 Před 6 lety +37

    Love the music in this scene.

  • @prettygood3318
    @prettygood3318 Před 2 lety +11

    One of the best WW2 movies.
    The story is also true. Sadly underrated. Some emotionally charged scenes including the unforgettable final one.

  • @theresalopez12
    @theresalopez12 Před 3 lety +11

    im 43 now since im on my teenage years i love to watch a classic movie like this...specially a bsae on a true story...

  • @JavedKhan-hp5su
    @JavedKhan-hp5su Před 5 lety +4

    In 1982 this movie was played in our school auditorium in Bombay, India. Loved the movie and the background music.

  • @facfortiaetpatere4287
    @facfortiaetpatere4287 Před 4 lety +50

    I've seen this film over 10 times ( I've made a tradition of watching it every Christmas since I first saw it when I was about 19 years old) and the tension in this scene has never faded for me, nor the emotion that the music stirs and invokes , nor my admiration for the actual historical characters of the resistance fighters. If I become a father one day I want to watch the film with my kid to show them what true honour , heroism and self sacrifice consistutes. The remake with Cillian Murphy despite being well intentioned just does not compare to the power of this film.

    • @ramonlucas2032
      @ramonlucas2032 Před 3 lety +5

      Saw this move at least 20 times since 1975

    • @ssherrierable
      @ssherrierable Před 2 lety +2

      You think this is tension you need to see the new movie operation anthropoid.

    • @namelessclown5798
      @namelessclown5798 Před 4 měsíci

      Have you ever seen Czech movie ATENTAT ( 1964) ?

  • @RoscoesRiffs
    @RoscoesRiffs Před 2 lety +15

    Stens were notorious for needing individual tuning. When I first learned of Operation Anthromorph, I was astounded the assassin would attempt the mission with a previously unfired weapon. Heroic nonetheless. That bastard needed to die.

  • @TheJunoo
    @TheJunoo Před 14 lety +3

    Very impressive and unforgettable movie! Thanks a lot 4 the clips! I have enjoyed'em all! Perfect!!!

  • @sanjayt5633
    @sanjayt5633 Před 5 lety +29

    The background music, man! The background music. It heightened the tension of the entire scene!

  • @jeaneugene1
    @jeaneugene1 Před rokem +4

    Possibly one of the BEST films about WWII. According to Boardroom Magazine 1985. Fantastic and a true story. Directed by Britain’s best ever director.

  • @fokkerd3red618
    @fokkerd3red618 Před rokem +24

    This was a sad, but excellent movie. The Heroics of all involved, especially these 2 men will never be forgotten.

  • @HowToVideosAndTips
    @HowToVideosAndTips Před 2 lety +3

    I read that it was the stuffing from the upholstery that caused the fatal infection.

  • @nuwairi
    @nuwairi Před 14 lety +15

    excellent film, I have enjoyed this film so many times, and one of my favorite collection I have in classic range with me.

  • @raghuvaranand
    @raghuvaranand Před rokem

    From the childhood I am grateful for the opportunity to see the war movies. Still now whenever I have time I use to see them. One of them is this.

  • @TheAeroAvatar
    @TheAeroAvatar Před 3 lety +11

    I just love how that music just keeps building and building, like things are about to blow up in a big way. I will have to see this whole movie in full sometime, I love wartime history.

  • @John-ob7dh
    @John-ob7dh Před 2 lety +6

    I musta seen this film a dozen times.Great acting from all.

  • @ykhush
    @ykhush Před 2 lety +6

    Great Background music and suitable to this tense situation

  • @shauntaylor6040
    @shauntaylor6040 Před 3 lety +14

    Can you imagine your nerves waiting for that car. Hitler had told Heydrich not to go about without an armed escort but he ignored this advice.

    • @doposud
      @doposud Před 2 lety +1

      and he was late .... I'm nervous when my bus is late

  • @TVWeber
    @TVWeber Před 8 lety +136

    As a Czech-American, son of a bilingual/bi-cultural Czech father, this story makes me proud of the contribution that are ancestral people did for the war effort. Thanks for posting this video.

    • @kevinyang1554
      @kevinyang1554 Před 6 lety +1

      T.V. Weber you must be a Zionist liar

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 Před 6 lety +15

      As Czech citizens they fled their homeland and ended up in Britain. They volunteered or were recruited into the S.O.E (special operations executive) and trained for this particular mission .Although the mission itself was a success the retribution on the population was dire .

    • @lolomgmetobavi
      @lolomgmetobavi Před 5 lety +5

      @@mrsoliton Not exactly a city but two villages of several hundred people. Not that it makes it any less terrible.

    • @abcdefghijklmnop1488
      @abcdefghijklmnop1488 Před 5 lety +3

      @@mrsoliton As opposed to doing nothing?

    • @secallen
      @secallen Před 5 lety +4

      @@abcdefghijklmnop1488 @tony montana is a nazi so obviously he's not a fan of this.

  • @balacau
    @balacau Před 11 lety +18

    Well I can't say I'm optimistic about the score being re-released but if it ever does, I'm certainly in agreement with you on that. We can always hope!

    • @Lehr-km5be
      @Lehr-km5be Před 2 lety +1

      Well, this took some time, but does this count - czcams.com/video/k-UNhNzfM9g/video.html ? I havent watched the movie myself so I do not know how this holds up...

  • @kirchunetwork1986
    @kirchunetwork1986 Před rokem +3

    Saw this movie in December of 1978 in Bangalore (Galaxy theater) and on the same day I saw India vs West Indies 2nd test match live at KSCA. Now I own a DVD of this movie.

  • @chrischaplin8497
    @chrischaplin8497 Před rokem

    Such a brilliant telling of amazing and true heroism. Amazing film and great soundtrack. One of my favourite films.

  • @rahulsapam215
    @rahulsapam215 Před rokem +5

    My father's favourite scene..... He used to tell me about this scene when I was kid.. 😘

  • @flyboy2880
    @flyboy2880 Před 3 lety +33

    One of the best soundtracks ever, impossible to find.

    • @martinvyslouzil2163
      @martinvyslouzil2163 Před 3 lety +2

      Well music like that are in almost all Czechoslovak movies before Velvet Revolution and before Split to czech republic and slovak republic

    • @richardwilliams5312
      @richardwilliams5312 Před 2 lety +3

      Google David Hentschal or Hentchal Daybreak synth music and you should be able to find it and download it .

    • @flyboy2880
      @flyboy2880 Před 2 lety

      Cheers .

    • @SriAiyerRS
      @SriAiyerRS Před 2 lety +3

      @@martinvyslouzil2163 Here it is: czcams.com/video/jylVzNRWa6I/video.html

  • @steveshawuk
    @steveshawuk Před 8 lety +16

    What is the name of this piece of music please? It's amazing!

    • @fabianpatrizio2865
      @fabianpatrizio2865 Před 7 lety +8

      Music composed by: David Hentschel - Movie: Operation Daybreak (1975)

  • @MD-xq6fi
    @MD-xq6fi Před 5 měsíci +1

    These movie leads and aces all, the music the actors and script were well placed, one of my favorite movies and will until my last breath...

  • @ranilpeiris1929
    @ranilpeiris1929 Před 3 lety +31

    The ending of the 1975 original is one of the most touching scenes in Cinema history.

    • @scousemouse69
      @scousemouse69 Před 2 lety +3

      Yes i 100% agree. I remember watching it as a boy and being in tears at the end. It always stayed with me. So much so that i went to the same church in Prauge only 2 years ago to see for myself. The crypt is a small museum. Unfortunately giot the wrong day and couldn't go in. Maybe next time

    • @ranilpeiris1929
      @ranilpeiris1929 Před 2 lety +2

      @@scousemouse69 I did not know that the church and the crypt still exists. Yes. A very emotional ending. I watch the final scene on CZcams often.
      I never get tired of watching it.
      Are you aware that actually there were 4 survivors and two and two shot themselves ? It is in the book titled " 7 men at Daybreak "

    • @ranilpeiris1929
      @ranilpeiris1929 Před 2 lety +1

      @Anthony Sawyer Thanks.I wish I could have visited. Good that the church is preserved like that.

    • @John-ob7dh
      @John-ob7dh Před 2 lety +2

      @@ranilpeiris1929 I think the bullet marks are still on the outside of the church.

    • @ranilpeiris1929
      @ranilpeiris1929 Před 2 lety +2

      @@John-ob7dh Really ? They should keep it like that

  • @John-ob7dh
    @John-ob7dh Před 3 lety +2

    I must have watched this film at least 6 times.Great acting by all.

  • @RoyalAngkang
    @RoyalAngkang Před 2 lety +3

    Watch this movie when I was about 8 or 9 years and the last scene was always stuck in my heart, now I'm 24.

  • @Lorelei39
    @Lorelei39 Před 14 lety +30

    Another great performance from a fine actor, Anton Diffring. Respect!

  • @manoftheworld1000
    @manoftheworld1000 Před 7 lety +34

    One of the best movie scenes ever. I could watch it time and time again.

  • @dave-d-grunt
    @dave-d-grunt Před 8 měsíci +2

    I turned 20 in 1975. I was a Marine Corporal when I saw this. Great movie

  • @Bazzer2121
    @Bazzer2121 Před rokem +9

    At the beginning of this video the music is fantastic when he drives ahead of his escort by the way Heydrich was played by actor Anton Differing he is blonde and a real German in real life but never lived in Germany during WWII but can speak the German language perfectly a great man and actor. He also starred in Where Eagles Dare and many other WWII movies. If you look at his cars registration plate it says SS - 3 which means he is third to Adolf Hitler

  • @bobupanddowne5532
    @bobupanddowne5532 Před 8 lety +6

    Thanks for uploading this, I saw it for the first time earlier today on UK television.
    I wish you'd included more of the chase scenes immediately after she grenade throwing though, I found those particularly gripping. But thanks anyway, and I will watch this clip again and again.

  • @johnmcfarlane1580
    @johnmcfarlane1580 Před rokem +13

    Me and my wife visited Prague earlier last year. One of the places i wanted to visit was the church of St Cyril, where these brave men were hidden after the assassination of heidrich it truly gave me goosebumps to see where these men spent their last days to give us the freedoms that we have today

  • @deepakramgude1645
    @deepakramgude1645 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks God
    Finally found this movie
    Saw this movie in childhood had forgotten the name
    Just because of the Climax scene this movie is still somewhere in mind
    Searched by different names viz Final Countdown, Last countdown...
    Thanks to the Uploaders...

  • @danielweston8077
    @danielweston8077 Před měsícem

    I spent several days on Prague following the sites of this event. The site is now a dual carriageway, but the underpass and monument are emotional

  • @preparedsurvivalist2245
    @preparedsurvivalist2245 Před 2 lety +61

    How that ambush went down in real life is very interesting. Pretty much everything went as planned except the gun jammed. They had a back up with the grenade, but it didn't kill him straight away. Also, the assassins escaped despite the botched operation. Yet in the end, the target did actually die...slowly, which was deserving. And the assassins end up getting caught and killed too. Additionally, many more innocents were slain as a result of this attack, yet it probably saved more lives in the end as it took out a key military figure of the Nazi regime who surely wouldve continued to cause massive human destruction. Ironic, fitting, poetic, and crazy all at the same time.

    • @bman6065
      @bman6065 Před rokem +3

      Heydrich getting assassinated doubtfully had any lull in the Holocaust. His framework was already in place by then. Killing him was a great blow to the Nazi superstructure. But I don't know how many more would've died had he not at that time. It begs interesting questions though.

    • @bman6065
      @bman6065 Před rokem

      @@BurntPlaydoh we are not in disagreement. I suppose the most logical analysis would to read into the mass murder per Capita to area occupied before and after his death. Of course in the interim more people were murdered regionally as reprisal for the assassination.

    • @ukkfayooyay
      @ukkfayooyay Před rokem +3

      Unfortunately Heydrich’s death did nothing to stop the Holocaust.

    • @samfisher2306
      @samfisher2306 Před rokem +5

      All true. Had Heydrich lived another 2 years, I doubt there'll be any survivors of Jewish descent. He was that deadly!

    • @Anton-om5qf
      @Anton-om5qf Před rokem +4

      Wasnt he killed by the horse hair stuffing the seat that penetrated his body body when grenade exploded

  • @jackgreen672
    @jackgreen672 Před 9 lety +107

    Music for this film is composed by David Hentschel my tutor.

  • @neilstokescvwshrewsbury7939

    Watch this as a young boy, probably about 8, watched it again the other night on fire stick absolutely brilliant.

  • @obinnaobata5876
    @obinnaobata5876 Před 3 lety +1

    i watched this movie way back 80s as a kid, i have been searching for this movie for ages so i can download, all to no avail.. .. nice movie indeed.

  • @santoshkumarchongtham8874

    tamo RPG its me. just finnished watching the clip. very good of you. Anthropoid by sean ellis is also based on the same theme. have a quick watch of that movie

  • @thomasthomas2418
    @thomasthomas2418 Před 3 lety +6

    This was the best film about the assassination of Heydrich ever made. It so well captured the moral dilemma of killing Heydrich while knowing the reprisals it would bring. Even counting on those reprisals. I wonder how this mission is viewed by the people of the Czech Republic.

    • @sinuhe0171
      @sinuhe0171 Před 3 lety +2

      I think the Czech 2016 movie Anthropoid is much better, it's time to watch it!

    • @janekucera7241
      @janekucera7241 Před 2 lety

      @@sinuhe0171 it was so

  • @peterpetersbng
    @peterpetersbng Před 13 lety +1

    very tense film very well directed to get the atmosphere like the way it was.. cold damp and a film full of focus by both director and actors to give it the atmosphere it had

  • @mohanheismixingfengshuiand2097

    Whenever i see this seen
    By heart realy beats fast.
    Even after 50 years

  • @zonesquestiloveunderworld

    Absolutely brilliant film, I just got it on DVD for $10 and the quality is great! Unfortunately none of the German scenes are subtitled, which seems to be a ubiquitous issue for DVD releases of this movie.
    Prague looks EXACTLY the same, it's so amazing to see it again after travelling there last year.

  • @a-gyimotfalvi-betyarok
    @a-gyimotfalvi-betyarok Před 6 lety +72

    a 38 year old man played by a 60 years old actor, great cinema..

    • @mattysin
      @mattysin Před 3 lety +4

      You have to admit he was one old ugly looking 38 year old though.

  • @thomascarpenter7415
    @thomascarpenter7415 Před rokem +1

    My Dad went to Prague to see all the real locations … said it was moving, especially the Church

  • @peteranthonybulan5331
    @peteranthonybulan5331 Před rokem +1

    Saw this with my dad in 1976. I fell inloved with Jindriska, the little girl...I was 7 years of age.
    One of my top 10 movies of all time. The movie Anthropoid is good too, but this one got my heart.

  • @Lone_wolf_31
    @Lone_wolf_31 Před 2 lety +3

    Simplicity is always evergreen

  • @balacau
    @balacau Před 11 lety +9

    The music is part of a soundtrack composed specifically for the movie by David Hentschel. From what little I've been able to find out, its not available due to the master copies being beyond restortion to releasing it on CD. Most certainly I'd be interested in getting it myself if it was! Yes, very thought provoking/suspence-building music.

    • @pietromorenoallaho
      @pietromorenoallaho Před 3 lety

      How is it thought provoking? Do you think raising an alberti style figure by a semitone is suspenseful?

  • @ranilpeiris1929
    @ranilpeiris1929 Před 3 lety +1

    I have watched hundreds of movies. This is one of the top ten

  • @edwarcandy4648
    @edwarcandy4648 Před rokem

    OUTSTANDING FILM!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT.

  • @manusukul7497
    @manusukul7497 Před rokem +2

    Saw this movie in the theatre with my dad when I was 12.

  • @timw5108
    @timw5108 Před 2 lety +13

    They were heroes, and they paid a terrible price for their heroism, as did the people of Prague.
    I hope they are remembered in that country.

    • @joliettraveler
      @joliettraveler Před 2 lety

      The people of Lidice really paid the price! All men were killed, and the women an children sent to concentration camps!

    • @Volcano-Man
      @Volcano-Man Před rokem +1

      Most countries occupied by the Nazi's do remember, even though sadly the people who lived through those dark days are dwindling in numbers now.

    • @edlawn5481
      @edlawn5481 Před rokem +2

      Also the people of Lidice.

  • @treehugger9769
    @treehugger9769 Před 10 lety +55

    Anton Diffring was such a good actor and extremely handsome too.

    • @stevelofts8135
      @stevelofts8135 Před 3 lety

      Anton D was a great character actor, witness Fahrenheit 451. Steve

    • @shelbynamels973
      @shelbynamels973 Před 3 lety +1

      At first I thought I could add him to my list of US/UK actors who'd worn German uniforms in movies and shows.
      I realized when he delivered his lines that they actually got a German-speaker for the role.
      Btw, that list is actually quite extensive.

    • @christoph404
      @christoph404 Před 3 lety +5

      @@shelbynamels973 Anton Diffring was German, he was born in Koblenz Germany, his first language was German and he studied acting in Berlin and Vienna Austria. As WW2 broke out he fled Germany for several reasons, one; he was Jewish, and he was also known to be Gay so either of those things would get you persecuted and murdered in Nazi Germany. There is a certain irony that a Jewish man should make a career from portraying nasty nazis on screen but then he was an actor who wanted to show how despicable the Nazis were, in real life he was a very charming and sweet man, nothing like the evil Nazis he portrayed, I met him once in a professional capacity back in the late 70s.

    • @christoph404
      @christoph404 Před 3 lety

      @@stevelofts8135 yep, Where Eagles Dare, Heroes Of Telemark, The Blue Max, and many others, he is best know for playing nasty Nazi officers in WW2 movies, ironically he was a German Jew who fled Germany as war broke out.

    • @billace90
      @billace90 Před 3 lety +1

      @@christoph404 Wolfgang Preiss also made a long career out of playing German Officers.
      Today that honor belongs to Thomas Kretschmann the quintessential German Officer in movies.

  • @hansvonessen6259
    @hansvonessen6259 Před 3 lety +6

    It's one of my most favourite British made World War 2 movies.

  • @kironmanuel664
    @kironmanuel664 Před 2 lety +3

    We all need this courage and effort

  • @OperationFoxley19441
    @OperationFoxley19441 Před 10 lety +61

    Every time I watch this scene I think " Will the gun jam? Yes? No? and as soon as he squeezes the trigger my heart sinks.

    • @samsum3738
      @samsum3738 Před 4 lety +3

      In a parallel universe , the gun dors not jam .

    • @neweddard9358
      @neweddard9358 Před 4 lety +2

      Plutarch , the first models were. They managed to make improvements on the succeeding models.

    • @neweddard9358
      @neweddard9358 Před 4 lety +2

      Plutarch yeah right.

    • @JeffreyBarkdull
      @JeffreyBarkdull Před 3 lety +1

      Because it jammed OperationFoxley19441?

    • @rogerduncan2603
      @rogerduncan2603 Před 3 lety +1

      It's a sten, I would have been astonished if the piece of shit didn't have a stoppage.

  • @m3tonu5
    @m3tonu5 Před 8 lety +24

    I love this scene

    • @Ardass486
      @Ardass486 Před 2 lety

      Why?

    • @m3tonu5
      @m3tonu5 Před 2 lety

      @@Ardass486 the way it was choreographed and shot. i mean 5 years back (i was13) this might have been one of my first world war 2 movies and just the way it all went down was pretty new to me. also fuck heydrich

  • @RedStarRogue
    @RedStarRogue Před 6 lety +2

    I was in Prague in 2012 and visited the church they fought their last stand in. Surreal to see in person...

  • @jeevirpacat6120
    @jeevirpacat6120 Před 10 lety +7

    JAM... No job is perfect, One of the best part and I might start thinking life is always like this...confusion.

  • @TRockett55IRISH
    @TRockett55IRISH Před 3 lety +3

    Such a great story and underrated movie.

  • @Squab1972
    @Squab1972 Před 13 lety +3

    Just watched this today, amazing film.

  • @soldat2501
    @soldat2501 Před 2 lety +2

    The dude either had zero training with that open bolt SMG or the film makers failed to understand how they work.

  • @ramonlucas2032
    @ramonlucas2032 Před 3 lety +1

    Saw this Movie(Z.C Philippines) when i was 10 years old in 1975 and went to the actual battle scene(2018) at Cyril and Methodius Cathedral in Prague,Czechoslovakia

  • @Beppo85
    @Beppo85 Před 2 lety +24

    I know this isn't a 100% accurate depiction of the assassination (although still accurate overall), but IMO this is the best depiction of the assassination from a cinematic standpoint, more flair and more buildup and suspense and tension. Other depictions in Anthropoid and The Man With the Iron Heart, while more technically accurate in some small details, feel flat and perfunctory. Also has the best depiction of the final battle in the church, IMO.

    • @joehart7260
      @joehart7260 Před 2 lety +3

      I totally agree, this was always the best depiction for me too. Anthropoid is too much like Hollywood, the assassination scene feels like a wild west shootout.

    • @nacho3mdp793
      @nacho3mdp793 Před 2 lety +4

      I think that in the real assassination Heydrich was in the back seat of the car

    • @marcokoehler8832
      @marcokoehler8832 Před rokem +1

      @@nacho3mdp793 Yes it is true. Also in the real assassination- a tram was passing by the Heydrich car during the explosion (similar as Anthropoid movie) The pressure wave blew out the windows of the tram. My grandma knew a lady who sat on that tram. They both lived in the same block in Prague-Liben. She was cut by that glass. All passengers from the tram then had to be interrogated by the Gestapo. After the assassination, there was many night searches of apartments in a nearby neighborhood but also in many other districts in Prague. It must have been terrible when the Gestapo rang at night.. with dogs and they searched the whole apartment...

    • @Stenbrotsgatan
      @Stenbrotsgatan Před rokem

      Interesting comment. Anthropoid is a good movie I think, but this movie is superior because of the look of Prague. The Man with the Iron Heart I thought was very weak. The best film is without a doubt the Czech version called Atentat from 1964

  • @sirhumphrey01
    @sirhumphrey01 Před 14 lety +3

    @CrzayMazy He was using a British-supplied Sten gun. These were notorious for jamming, but were cheap to mass-produce and widely distributed to the European Resistance. The gun jammed. The scene is pretty accurate to history.

  • @lescooper5224
    @lescooper5224 Před 5 lety +1

    Well that was well planed ..loved the getaway bike

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 Před rokem +2

    He took the exact same route to work each day in an unarmored and recognizable vehicle.

  • @johngibson2884
    @johngibson2884 Před rokem +4

    The hay stuffing from the seat caused sepsis that killed Heydrich ....
    One of the few successful assassinations of a top Na-zi official in WW2 .

  • @anandv4163
    @anandv4163 Před 2 lety +3

    One of the best feature films ever produced.

    • @realcritical-kr2dd
      @realcritical-kr2dd Před 2 lety

      The driver should of kept going instead of standing there looking at the suspect struggling with the jammed sten.

  • @dessert57
    @dessert57 Před 13 lety +2

    One of my top5 of all time...slightly b-grade, awesome music, very real, amazing film :)

  • @Wally-H
    @Wally-H Před 2 lety +4

    Heydrich chased one of his attackers, unlike here - the actual account of what happened suggests they could have enhanced this by following true events: "Heydrich and Klein leapt out of the shattered Mercedes with drawn pistols; Klein ran towards Kubiš, who had staggered against the railings, while Heydrich went to Gabčík, who stood paralyzed holding the Sten. As Klein came towards him, Kubiš recovered, jumped on his bicycle and pedalled away, scattering passengers spilling from the tram by firing in the air with his Colt M1903 pistol. Klein tried to shoot at him, but dazed by the explosion, pressed the magazine release catch and the gun jammed. A staggering Heydrich came towards Gabčík, who dropped his Sten and tried to reach his bicycle, but he was forced to abandon this attempt and took cover behind a telegraph pole, firing at Heydrich with his pistol. Heydrich returned fire and ducked behind the stalled tram. Suddenly, Heydrich doubled over and staggered to the side of the road in pain. He then collapsed against the railings, holding himself up with one hand. As Gabčík took the opportunity to run, Klein returned from his fruitless chase of Kubiš to help his wounded superior.
    Heydrich, his face pale and contorted in pain, pointed toward the fleeing Slovak, saying, "Get that bastard!". As Klein gave pursuit, Heydrich stumbled along the pavement before collapsing against the bonnet of his wrecked car. Gabčík fled into a butcher shop, where the owner, a man named Brauer, who was a Nazi sympathizer and had a brother who worked for the Gestapo, ignored Gabčík's request for help. He ran out to the street and attracted Klein's attention by shouting and pointing inside the shop." So, it's not clear to me why they massively simplified what could have been a very dramatic, and fully accurate, account of events.

    • @bubiruski8067
      @bubiruski8067 Před 2 lety

      Evidence how stupid the narrative is !

    • @Wally-H
      @Wally-H Před 2 lety

      @@bubiruski8067 I think this scene would have actually been more dramatic if Heydrich had chased them, so I don't really understand why they did it differently.

    • @bubiruski8067
      @bubiruski8067 Před 2 lety

      @@Wally-H Very true !

  • @deepakbharvada2751
    @deepakbharvada2751 Před rokem

    I was unable to remember the name of the superb cinema ... Thanks now I can watch again ... It's a classic war movie .... I too highly recommend it 👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @BusterBunkergamer25
    @BusterBunkergamer25 Před 14 lety +7

    This is a great film

  • @MsEldee
    @MsEldee Před 9 lety +16

    Before Adolf Opalka left England to go out to his homeland he said he was longing for home. He said "Parts of me are all over the world". In England little was left of me, maybe more in Scotland (My Homeland where many of these young men did their training) 27 years of life behind me.They were all young men who went together on that journey to assassinate Heydrich and never came back. Where did they get all that courage from. Takes my breath away.

    • @TVWeber
      @TVWeber Před 8 lety +1

      +Ms eldee Amen.

    • @alexman8800
      @alexman8800 Před 6 lety

      these guys give no shit to evil power. brave young men, they're my heroes. hope to visit the shrine one day.

  • @Tippet76
    @Tippet76 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I heard from a Marine to never initiate an ambush with an open bolt weapon. This was a great example of that.

  • @Dannyael1977
    @Dannyael1977 Před 4 lety +1

    Dónde la puedo descargar completa....!!!

  • @andrewlambert7246
    @andrewlambert7246 Před rokem +9

    REAL BRAVE MEN HEROS IN MY EYES.

  • @revol148
    @revol148 Před 5 lety +8

    If any of you are interested many of the landmarks of this film are still to be seen in Prague as well as a fitting memorial to those killed in reprisals.

  • @TheAeroAvatar
    @TheAeroAvatar Před 12 lety

    What's the name of that music? It's so epic!

  • @martinwhite7053
    @martinwhite7053 Před 7 lety +2

    Diffring, who played Heydrich in this excellent movie was born as Alfred Pollack in Koblenz.
    His father Solomon Pollack was a Jewish shop-owner who managed to avoid
    internment by the Nazi authorities and survived the war. His mother
    Bertha Diffring was Christian. He studied acting in Berlin and Vienna but there is conjecture about when he left Germany prior to World War II. The audio commentary for the Doctor Who series Silver Nemesis mentions that he left Germany in 1936, to escape persecution due to his homosexuality. He was 1.8 m tall, Six feet.

    • @martinwhite7053
      @martinwhite7053 Před 7 lety

      Katabatic
      Oh yes, he was the perfect German stereotype wasn't he? He seemed to have been around forever.

  • @billace90
    @billace90 Před 6 lety +76

    Heidrich is played by a great German actor, Anton Diffring who made a career out of playing German officers.

    • @san2881
      @san2881 Před 2 lety +4

      like Thomas Kretchmann

    • @fasthracing
      @fasthracing Před 2 lety +6

      Where Eagle's Dare!

    • @AlanCanon2222
      @AlanCanon2222 Před 2 lety +2

      I remember him from Fahrenheit 451.

    • @STM1066
      @STM1066 Před 2 lety +3

      It’s quite ironic as Diffring himself had to flee nazi Germany due to him being gay. Admittedly though, he’s definitely got that German “look” to him.

    • @dryflyman7121
      @dryflyman7121 Před rokem +2

      I remember him in some of the early Frances Durbridge plays and serialised dramas in the mid 1950’s. Great actor.

  • @ranilpeiris1929
    @ranilpeiris1929 Před 3 lety +3

    A great film 🎥
    In every respect.

  • @patrickwalsh6873
    @patrickwalsh6873 Před 6 lety

    Who's the actor at 1:09 please ? First I thought it was a young Roger Lloyd-Pack, but he's not credited.

  • @lakshmi0207
    @lakshmi0207 Před 10 lety

    i want to watch the full film, but cant find the link here,can someone help please?

  • @Krtkon
    @Krtkon Před 13 lety +19

    Jsem pyšný na to, že jsem Čech.
    (I'm proud that I am Czech)

    • @kenmacfarlane8744
      @kenmacfarlane8744 Před 2 lety +2

      And so you should be my friend Czechs are great people. (from Scotland).

  • @TRUMPER007
    @TRUMPER007 Před 14 lety +5

    A great film and was directed by three time Bond film director Lewis Gilbert.

  • @wonniewarrior
    @wonniewarrior Před 4 lety

    For those asking about the background music. I found this - Doc Herbalist (artist) - The Mask (song). Closest vid link I could find is czcams.com/video/p8gVsFpFN38/video.html

  • @ravicharles5192
    @ravicharles5192 Před 3 lety +1

    Remember seeing it on screen in the 70s. Trying hard to get its DVD, but in vain. One of the unforgettable war thrillers.

    • @richardwilliams5312
      @richardwilliams5312 Před 2 lety +1

      Its available on dvd
      www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Operation-Daybreak-1975-DVD-Timothy-Bottoms-BRAND-NEW-/333538507136?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338364430&customid=333538507136_11232&toolid=11000&pageci=343b26cb-1b8f-4671-9725-3d34307f7a59&redirect=mobile

    • @ravicharles5192
      @ravicharles5192 Před 2 lety

      @@richardwilliams5312 Thank you Mr. Williams. But I live in India and am not sure whether it will be possible for me to get it.