Operation Daybreak

Operation Daybreak
Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay by	Ronald Harwood
Based on	Seven Men at Daybreak 1960 novel by Alan Burgess
Produced by	Carter DeHaven
Starring	Timothy Bottoms Martin Shaw Joss Ackland Nicola Pagett Anthony Andrews
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Thelma Connell
Music by	David Hentschel
Production companies	Howard R. Schuster, Inc. American Allied Studios Barrandov Studios
Distributed by	Warner Bros. (US) Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK)
Release dates	November 1975 (1975-11) (US (limited)) 29 February 1976 (1976-02-29) (UK)
Running time	118 minutes
Countries	Czechoslovakia United States Yugoslavia
Languages	English German

Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the U.S.^[1] and Seven Men at Daybreak during production) is a 1975 war film based on the true story of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS general Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. Starring Anthony Andrews, Timothy Bottoms and Martin Shaw, the film was directed by Lewis Gilbert and shot mostly on location in Prague. It is adapted from the book Seven Men at Daybreak by Alan Burgess.^[2]