"Jan" "Josef" "They sent for you too" "What the hell is it doing about?" "I was on leave, out of the blue they called me back" "That's all I know" "So?" "The general will see you now" "Stand at ease" "Do you three know each other?" "Uh..." "Kubis and I do sir, but... uh..." "Alright, introduce yourselves" "Karel Curda, sir Born near Prague" "I was a customs officer before the war" "Jan Kubis Born in Vladaslov" "I was a farmer" "Gabcik, sir Josef Gabcik Born in Pilsum, Locksmith" "Good" "The mission we have in mind can only be undertaken by men with your qualifications" "For the past three month you've been closely observed" "You're here now because you shown us that you have courage endurance and resourcefulness" "I am going to ask you to undertake a mission that regardless of outcome, will certainly be one of the most dangerous of the war" "I need hardly say it, you are liberty to refuse" "Good" "First, I am gonna give you some background information" "And then I'll talk about the mission itself" "The Code name is 'Operation Day Break'" "Reinhard Heydrich came to Prague three months ago to take up his post as acting right protector for what the Nazis now call 'Bohemia and maradia' that means he has absolute power of life and death over all Czechs" "We believe if Adolph Hitler were to die" "That Heydrich would become fearer of the third life" "His orders, one to crush all Czech resistance" "Two, to deport large numbers of the community to work in Germany as slave labor" "Do not underestimate him" "He is not a barbarian like Hitler" "He is the man of the highest intelligence ruthless, ambitious and he is the only one to whom Adolph Hitler really listens" "Your rights protector" "I have a petition signed by all the inhabitance of a small village near Pilsum" "Beggin you, sir to show mercy to the nine young hostages due to be executed tomorrow" "Not one of them is yet twenty years old and youngest is only sixteen" "The villagers do feel that" "Rights protector says that whatever happens to the Czechs or to any of Slav is of no possible interest to him" "We intend to parachute you back into Czechoslovakia" "To assassinate Heydrich" "Heydrich is closely gaurded night and day" "When ever he travels, he is escorted by highly trained SS men" "So it will be up to you to formulate a plan and to carry it out" "You must find a way to kill him" "When do we leave sir?" "You'll be confined to these headquarters until further orders" "Thank you very much Good luck" "Stand by Champs we are over Pilsum" "Hold to your mama!" "Stop" "Don't try anything" "You Czech aren't you?" "Keep walking" "Well, I am Czech too." "Move" "Jan!" " Twisted bloody ankle" " Can I have a look?" "Don't touch it for Christ sake" "That guy's the basterd who said we were gonna drop on a dry clear morning" "Did you see Curda?" "No, he dripped off on the other valley" "He could be anywhere" "Let me lean on you" "Damn shame" "Not so bad if they make us go after girls in Czechoslovakia" "Even the snow tastes different" "Safer though" "You have no feelings at all" "Can you manage?" "Feels worse than it is, come on" "Papers, your papers" "Where are you going at this time of the morning?" "To work?" "Where?" "Pilsum" "Walk to work everyday" "You walk two hundred kilometers everyday?" "You're no way near Pilsum" "Where have you come from?" "Hands, Hands!" "Come on!" "Let's go" "Bastard R.A.F." "Two hundred kilometers from Pilsum" "Dropped in a wrong bloody place" "God knows where Curda is" "So now what do we do?" "Lost the radio operator" "I can't hardly walk and the entire German army looking for us" "Never mind where we are going we don't even know where we are" "And you are a lot of use" "No feelings at all" "Christ, we are at quarry" "Two men" "I know you are in there" "It's alright we won't harm you" "I am comming in" "Come inside both of you" "Close the door" "You can't stay here" "You're parachutists" "Look, we can all be shot" "I've got a wife and children" "I've hurt my foot" "We need some help" "But the place is swarming with Germans" "Really" "I haven't spoken to you and I haven't seen you" "Please go away" "See who it is" "Germans" "Get into the vault" "Parachutists Have you seen anybody?" "Tell him you've seen nothing" " But what about..." " Do it before he comes" "Well, have you seen anything?" "It's serious" "Ah- it's you" "What's going on in there, eh?" "One of my men got hurt in the blast" "His foot" "Give us a lift to the doctor" "I'll make it worth a while" "You've been pitching some of your stocks again?" "Better unwrapped" "Bring him" "Over here" "Thank you" "Good morning is your father in?" "What's it about?" "Emergency We're from quarry" "This fellow's hurt his foot" "Come this way please" "Father, two men from the quarry" "One's hurt his foot" "Tell them in" "Go in please" "Lie down Take off your shirt and sock" "How did it happened?" "I have fell twisted my ankle" "Can you move the toes?" "That's good" "I haven't seen you before, have I?" "No" "Does that hurt?" "How long have you been working at the quarry" "Well, about six months now" "It's a sprain Nothing serious" "The Germans are busy this morning looking for parachutists" "Yes, we heard" "Guess they've been searching the whole area" "I expect they were up at the quarry" "Oh yes" "Yes the quarry would be a good place for the parachutists to hide" "But I doubt it they'll get pretty far" "Not now" "Now no one might shelter them" "Not after murdering those Germans" "Everybody will be too frightened" "Put your finger there, will you?" "Stand up" "That will do" "I won't hesitate to shoot" "Sonia!" "Yes, these are the other two" "You will forgive me?" "We have to make sure you're not spies planted by the Nazis" "Welcome home" "Oh God!" "You bastard!" "Adult education?" "Come in Find a place" "Good afternoon" "For the benefit of the those who are entering for the higher certificate, today we are going to talk about positive and negative ileums" "You managed to convince our friends and countries to your identity" "Now you must convince us" "Miles isn't it?" "Come a thousand miles to help" "How do you mean convincing?" "We want proof" "We don't carry papers signed by Winston Church, if that's what you mean" "What was the name of your commanding officer in England" "Answer the question" "We are Czechs" "We were born here and we've come back to fight and that's all we're telling you" "You say you're Czechs" "Your home where is it?" "Vladaslov" "I know Vladaslov" "What's unusual about the bridge there?" "It doesn't exist" "Huh?" "Why?" "It was blown up in 39" "Anyone could know that" "I was a member of the group that lay the explosives" "There were three of us caught by the Germans, I was one of them" "Anyone could say that too" "Get dressed" "So now you see..." "We have both positive and negative particles in the vacuole" "Karel" "Where did you come from?" "Don't ask me any questions I... can't say anything" "I knew you'd come" "I knew it I knew it" "I was a bit worried I'll meet somebody else" "How?" "I said I'll wait and I meant it" "I never dreamed" "How long you can stay?" "I don't know" "Day?" "Week?" "I don't know" "I'll come to see whenever I can I promise" "See you in the morning" "OK" " Good luck" " Thank you" "I'm Curda" "Mommy, he's here" "Good evening and welcome" "Thank you" "My daughter Jundriska" "I'm Karel" "Call me aunt Marie everyone does" "I'll show you to your room" "Thank you" "Oh..." "There's just one thing" "My husband works on the railways and knows nothing of this" "As far as he's concerned you are from the country and looking for work in Prague, alright?" "My son, Ata" " Hello" " He studied in the conservatory" "I'll get you something to eat" "Thank you" "Oh..." "When you wanna contact your friends, you tell me" " OK" " OK" "There are eight streets leading off the square" "Which one do you take if you want to go to aunt Marie's?" "One by the clock" "And St. Nicholas Cathedral" "The next one passed the clock" "Walk straight past" "Don't look side ways" "You've seen nothing" "What's happening?" "I don't know but we mustn't stay..." "Heydrich!" "Come away please You mustn't stand here" "Josef" "These are back up I don't like it" "Am I not right, eh?" "You are right" "It's funny in English" "I desire my language" "It's late" "I didn't realize father" "All well with you?" "As usual Is Karel in?" "Yeah" "Good night" "You're very late, Carl" "I had a hard day" "Panic from the moment I went home" "You should have seen the chaos" "Cattle trucks" "The Germans want every single one" "Cattle trucks" "God knows why" "On top of all that we got an order for Heydrich's special train" "He's going to Berlin in three days" "Heydrich" "I knew it" "I knew it was something important" "All those scooters always works" "Well?" "I don't know" "I'm not sure" "I have to think about it" "Perhaps we should wait for the other parachutists to arrive" "No We can't take the risk" "We have to do it the day he leaves for Berlin" "It might be the only chance we get" "Have you thought what they will do if you succeed in killing him?" "We have our orders" "People who gave you those orders are safe in London" "They don't have to suffer what that are priceless" "Think what they will do to this country" "The world would come down on our heads" "It's a chance we have to take" "My God they send us children" "Do you imagine we didn't think about assassinating Heydrich?" "Why didn't you then?" "Because we know the consequences will be" "We are soldiers This is a war" "If you won't help us we'll do it alone" "We never said we would not help you" "What do you want us to do?" "Where is the best place to kill him?" "It's comming" "So our beloved furiortics takes time off from the heads of state to welcome to Berlin one of the man who was helping him in the glorious task of governing the third life" "SS Overcopen furior Reinhard Heydrich" "Rights protector of Bohemia and Bohevia" "Icefuraskis him love watches as the presentations are made" "The furior and his two most trusted advisors are to meet in secret conference at Ice Transli in Berlin before the furior leaves for the ceremony at Vegetor's Garden" "Decorate out victorious generals who have brought honor and glory to the third life and to the furior" "We should have stopped that other train" "God if only we can get accurate information" "We've got to send those man from London now" "Wireless operators to set up a communications network" "Lose of time and energy and thought and for what?" "Killing" "Christ we are young" "We should be out enjoying ourselves" "If it was peace time suddenly... now" "What would you do?" "I'd go out and buy a dress" "A bright red dress made of silk" "I'd see a good football match" "Maybe get drunk afterwards" "Parties, dancing!" "It's bad luck to be over age" "Yes, bad luck" "Oh, don't bother to iron on the back" "Nobody sees" "Dance with me?" "I..." "I don't know how to" "You don't know how to dance?" "No I never had the chance" "Never?" "Shouldn't you be leaving?" "It's late" "He's getting use to you" "The messeges arrived from Berlin which I've been authorized to translate" "For the duration of war emergency" "I hereby appoint you commissioner and protector for all occupied terratories in Europe" "Arrange your affairs in order to arrive in Berlin without delay" "Adolf Hitler" " Thursday..." "Are you sure?" " I'm sure" "What's happening?" "Next thursday" "He didn't give us much time" "He must give us time" "We'll use one to the New Post" "No no Curda is right It's too dangerous" "That's for us to decide" "It's not for you to decide" "There are too many Czech lives at stake" "I am gonna stop this" "I am gonna notify London" "London's orders were perfectly clear" "Kill Heydrich at all costs" "We've been here weeks" "Well I think it's only in four days" "Perhaps it's because we've been looking for a safe way" "Maybe we're going to have to risk everything" "What do you mean everything?" "Something we've been thinking about for some time" "He rises at 7 AM" "Breakfast, bathes and he's dressed by his vallet 7:45 precisely, he usually says goodbye to his daughter, gets into his Mercedez, which is driven by a Chauffeur Glen" "When the car proceeds down the drive he's escorted by armed troop carrier one jeep and an armered car" "The convoy traveles very slowly at about 40 miles per hour" "The first part of the journey is through the country side" "Tree lined roads and small villages, along order of specially constructed to take him into Prague" "He enters the out skirt of the Prague at this point here" "Proceeds around the bended Vulsavitcha junction" "And then enters Harry Channy castle at 8:05 AM precisely" "And he's been doing the samething every day without fail" "It never varies" "What do you think Jan?" "There's only one place" "Here" "We kill him there as he comes around Vulsavitcha junction" "But he's heavily guarded all the time" "He slows down" "You are gonna stand there?" "Pointing your guns a few feet from Heydrich, in full view of his escort?" "We'll never get away with it" "It's the only place" "It's suicide" "Run!" "Alright, you two!" "Pick him up, put him in the back of the bakers land" "Come on!" "Be careful" "Easy, easy" "Vlavika hospital quickly" "I said it was impossible we should never even have tried" "It's on the radio he's still alive" "They are offering reward of ten million crowns" "It jammed" "I had him!" "I had him!" "Mommy, have you seen my bicycle?" "Oh Christ, I left it outside of Kinsles" "Quickly Jundriska get it and bring it back here" "No I must go" "No go alone Jundriska it's safer" "Hundreds of splinters from the grenade... penetrated deeply into the lumbar region" "We removed what we could but his spleen and kidneys are seriously damaged" "But much more dangerous is the fine splinters of horse hair and material from the car appulsory had entered the blood stream" "We may have to operate again" "No you are not to touch him" "But dear Frank?" "The furior's own sergeons are comming Keep him alive untill then" "But if blood poisoning sets in?" "Oh father of mercy" "We pray to thee for thy servant Reinhard Heydrich" "We remember now who lord his qualities of his leadership his sense of service the inspiration he has been to all the people" "And we pray that he may long continue to lead to serve and to inspire" "Amen" "It is only these two?" "Oh..." "sort of..." "What do you mean sort of?" "Is it or isn't it?" "How many will there be?" "Three..." "four...?" "Seven?" " We must go" " Where's Curda?" "He should have been here hours ago" "We have to leave without him" "But we can't leave without Curda" "The longer you stay here more dangerous it is" "You'll have to go" "No I am sorry We can't leave without him" "Listen to Janak" "It's too risky" "Talk to him, make him see sense" "Nope, I'm with Jan" "Three of us landed together we are gonna stay together" "We wait" "How long for god's sake?" "We'll give him..." "12 hours?" "Now state secretary Frank salutes" "He has vowed to root out the criminals who are responsible for this crime" "Anyone who assisted them or fail to give information will be executed" "They and their families until justice is done" "Now it is the turn of proud Heydrich" "Her face failed to kneel and kiss the flag" "She steps back as the six officers take up their positions either side of the gun carriage" "The coffin is raised the command is given" "Escort comes to attention and the sad prosecution makes its way towards the train" "Karel" "I never lost you for anything have I?" "Don't go now please?" "No I wouldn't" "I won't ever leave you" "Where he would be laid to rest in presence of the furior" "Liditz" "When he came from the office of the acting rights protector" "In the course of the search for the murderers of Heydrich it was found that the population of village of Liditz approximately 20 kilometers northwest of Prague had helped and cooperated with the perpetraters of this crime" "Accordingly a detachment of SS division Prikcks Barugie commanded by SS Overstune Van Furior Max Roshnov was dispatched for Liditz at dawn" "All the man have been shot, women deported to concentration camps, the children sent to appropriate houses for re-education" "All the buildings of this village have been destroyed and the name of the village removed from the land register" "The village of Liditz has seized to exist" "And it's name will never again appear on any map" "Come I'll take you to the others" "Father, I want to confess" "I confess father to murder" "Mass murder" "The people of Liditz I am responsible" "How were you responsible?" "I killed Heydrich" "What happened to Liditz is because of that" "You are wrong" "By that crackening, I am just as responsible" "Simply for harboring you here" "No, but at war..." "War is the greatest evil" "In war, no man could hold himself responsible for the sins of his enemy" "But Father" "I can't help I feel it" "I'll give you a penance if it's penance you want" "Anything father anything" "Learn to forgive your enemy" "Pray for them Jan" "Pray for them and for the souls of the departed" "I forgive you in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost, Amen" "Hi, Josef" "Hello" " Hello, Josef" " Hi" "Isn't Curda with you?" "No" "We couldn't wait any longer" "I've got some information" "Yeah?" "About the rights protector" "Sit down over there" "I got some cheese for you" "Thank you" "It could be one guess" "Don't tell me don't tell me" " Yeah, sausages" " Sausages" "Good news" "Yeah, four aces" "You'll be out of here in 24 hours" "The R.A.F. Is sending a plane they've given us map reference" "Marvelous!" "You have to be out of here by day break" "We'll make all the necessary arrangements" "I want to ask a favor." "I want to go out this afternoon, Janak" "I need to meet Anna" "It's only for an hour" "Alright" "Good" "Have her meet me on the embankment of Charles bridge at 2:30" "Thank you" "Ata, you prepare to bring in some provisions tonight" "OK" "Yeah, and champain and some caviar we'll have ourselves a bonvoyage project" "Come this way" "Name?" "Karel Curda" "Occupation?" "I'm parachutist dropped by the R.A.F." "I understand you wish to make a statement" "Yes" "You realize that whatever you tell us may not have the value you put on it" "I am a member of the group that killed Heydrich and I can identify the others" "First you must give me an insurance" "But before we make a..." "let's say bargains, we must find out what you know then we will see" "Oh" "Please sit down" "Who are these men?" "Can you give us their names?" "Where they are hiding?" "Josef Gabcik, Jan Kubis We were dropped together" "Why are you telling us this?" "Is it for the reward?" "I want to protect my family" "I don't want my wife and child shot, please" "What do you think you could tell us about what's found at the scene of assassination?" "This one is Gabcik's" "Carried his stun gun in here" "Where are these two men?" "I don't know Hiding in Prague somewhere" "You'll have to do better than that" "Where are they?" "I don't know" "Mr. Curda" "How old is your child?" "Who is it?" "It's alright I'll get it" "Raise your hands, turn your face to the wall" "What... what do you want?" "Where are they?" "What are you doing?" "Tell them to stop" "I want to know where they are" "Who?" "Who're you talking about?" "Kubis and Gabcik" "Assassins where are they?" "Assassins..." "there's no one here" "Only my wife" "Just take me" "My husband know nothing about it" "Hey Blashure!" "I am sorry" "Mommy" "Quickly, you must warn Ata" "Go to the conservator" "Tell him he must not go home" "He's to go straight to the crypt and you..." "Hurry up!" "What's the matter?" "I haven't any money for the traffic" "There" "Mama!" "Jundriska!" "Papa!" "My Evil" "Just tell me where they are" "Why protect them?" "Why be so obstinate?" "You are music student, I see" "Ah yes, you play the violin" "We are leaving at day break" "I know" "The war will be over someday" "I'll be back" "Stay with me" "I can't" "I'll hide you." "You'll be safe We'll leave Prague and go somewhere else" "Anna, it's not possible" "Why?" "Try and think of afterwards" "That's what I do" "When it's over I think of coming back" "Seeing you again" "I wish I knew you better I wish we had more time" "You're right We don't know each other at all" "I know nothing about you Anna" "You don't even know my real name" "It's not important" "I never did get that red dress" "No, I never saw a football match" "Curda?" "It's pleased to see you Curda" "I..." "I didn't tell them about the church..." "I didn't tell him" "What church Ata?" "Sunsils, at the Slover street" "I..." "I didn't tell them" "I didn't..." "I..." "I didn't tell them" "Come back soon" "Jan" "What happened?" "My mother's..." "There's nothing for you here" "Kubis" "Lieutenant!" " What's the matter?" " They found us" "The street is swirming with them" "How did they find us?" "Who the hell talked?" "What difference does it make?" "Hundreds of them" "I could've warn the others" "No, there isn't time" " Bahtz take cover Bubrich - follow me" "Father Patrek?" "Father Patrek?" "Give me a hand" "The passage!" "Father Patrek thought it might lead to the river" "At least this must go onto the street" "They are re-grouping" "Jesus christ there's more bastards up there" "Alright, who are these men?" "Are these the assassins?" "No" "Who are they then?" "Bach..." "Bubrich and Korel" "They were dropped after us" "Where are the others?" "Come on!" "It's our only chance" "It's hopeless" "The priest was wrong" "There is no passage" "Here it is" "Tell him to surrender" "Jan!" "Josef!" "Josef, give up!" "It's useless" "Here!" "Josef, Jan!" "Listen!" "Jusech, help Josef go up the stairs" "Go on!" "Josef!" "How many you got?" "Enough" "It's all over move out" "Move out it's all over"