Operation Daybreak (also known as The Price of Freedom in the U.S. 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. Plot In late 1941, General František Moravec orders three British-trained Czech partisans, Jan Kubiš, Jozef Gabčík and Karel Čurda to participate in a military operation described as the most important of the war. Reinhard Heydrich is the brutal Reich Protector in Prague and Moravec predicts that he could be Hitler's successor if the Fuhrer were to die. The men are parachuted into occupied Czechoslovakia and during descent, Gabčík is injured. The third man, Čurda, falls further away and the two realize they are not near the intended location. They encounter a couple of quarrymen who offer assistance in getting the men to medical aid by bribing a Feldwebel in a patrol car to take them to a doctor. The three men regroup at a local doctor, who offers medical assistance to Gabčík. They continue to Prague, where they are offered a hiding place by the Moravec family. The first attempt to assassinate Heydrich on his departing train fails, being blocked by another passing train. A new plan is formulated, which involves shooting Heydrich as his car slows down at a bend in the road on his regular morning drive into the city from his residence in the country. As Heydrich approaches, Gabčík runs in front of his car to shoot, but the gun jams and he runs from the scene, chased by Heydrich's driver. Kubiš throws a grenade at the car, which explodes nearby and injures Heydrich, who is taken to hospital and dies shortly after. Čurda, who has a wife and child living nearby whom he visits frequently, fears for their lives and turns himself in to the Gestapo, betraying the assassins and those who hid them. With this intelligence, the Moravec family are arrested. When the Germans learn the paratroopers are hiding in the Saints Cyril and Methodius Cathedral, a long battle ensues in an attempt to draw them out, first by gassing then by flooding. The assassins, knowing they cannot escape