The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Douglas SirkDirector
- Peretz HirschbeinWriter
- Melvin LevyWriter
- Edgar G. UlmerWriter
- Doris MalloyWriter
- Karl HajosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Patricia MorisonJarmilla Hanka
- John CarradineReinhardt Heydrich
- Alan CurtisKarel Vavra
- Howard FreemanHeinrich Himmler
- Ralph MorganJan Hanka
- Edgar KennedyNepomuk - the Hermit
- Ludwig StösselHerman Bauer, bugomaster
- Al SheanFather Cemlanek
- Elizabeth RussellMaria Bartonek - Anton's Wife
- Jimmy ConlinDvorak - the Shopkeeper
- Ava GardnerFranciska Pritric (uncredited)
- Natalie DraperJulia Petschek
Stills
Themes
assassinationnaziresistanceworld war iiczechoslovakianazi occupationczech historyassassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)lidice massacre