The Assassination (Atentát)

Atentát File:Atentát-movie poster.jpg Cinema poster Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Jirí Sequens Release Date 1964 Language Czech German English Studio Filmové studio Barrandov Main Cast Character Actor 1st Lt. Král Radoslav Brzobohatý 1st Lt . Sedlák Ludek Munzar Sgt. Strnad Rudolf Jelínek Sgt. Tousek Jirí Kodet Sgt. Vyskocil Ladislav Mrkvicka Sgt. Vrbas Josef Vinklár The gamekeeper Oldrich Lukes Ondra Pavelka Jirí Holý Col. Moravec Jirí Vrstala

The Assassination (Original title: Atentát) is a 1964 Czech black-and-white war drama directed by Jirí Sequens. The story depicting the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 which was perpetrated by parachutists from the group ANTHROPOID sent from England. For those interested in war history this is cult film.

The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination (Atentát):

Pistols

CZ 38

Czechoslovak paratroopers use the CZ 38 pistols as their issue sidearm.

9×17mm Browning Short

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1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý).

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Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek).

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Sgt. Tousek (Jirí Kodet).

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Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka).

Walther P38

The paratroopers also captured a German Walther P38 pistol.

Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm

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Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek).

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Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka).

Luger P08

The SS, SD and Gestapo officers are equipped with Luger P08 pistols.

Luger P08 9x19mm

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Gestapo Commissioner Sleicher (Oldrich Velen) with his sidearm in hand.

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A SS officer pulls a Luger P08 in the church.

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A SD officer (Oto Sevcík) holds a Luger P08 as he examines a map of the crypt.

SACM M1935A

Sgt. Ota Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) owned a SACM M1935A pistol.

SACM M1935A - 7.65 x 22mm Longue

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Submachine guns

Sten

The main weapon of Czechoslovak paratroopers in England were Sten submachine guns.

Sten Mk II - 9x19mm

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Sgt. Vrbas (Josef Vinklár) marches with a Sten at jump school.

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Sgt. Vyskocil's (Ladislav Mrkvicka) Sten gun, true to form, fails when needed.

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1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý) watchs from the church with a slung Sten gun.

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Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) fires on the Germans from the church gallary.

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Sgt. Toušek (Jirí Kodet) fires at an SS trooper descending into the church crypt.

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Sgt. Vyskočil, Sten in hand, refuses to surrender.

MP40

SS soldiers are equipped with MP40 submachine guns.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Rifles

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers use Karabiner 98k rifles.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

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12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

A gamekeeper (Oldrich Lukes) carries a 12 Gauge Double Barreled shotgun.

L.C. Smith Cased hardened hammerless side by side Field shotgun - 12 gauge.

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Machine guns

MG34

Germans deploy an MG34 machine gun against the trapped paratroopers.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

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MG42

An MG42 is seen briefly before becoming an MG34 in a continuity error .

MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser

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Hand grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

The SS men use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate during the church battle.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate with fragmentation sleeve.

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Training Grenade

The Czechoslovakian troops use dummy grenades while training in England

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Stg. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) demonstrates the use of a hand grenade.

Trivia

105mm Flak 38

Planes with paratroopers and also night bombers were under heavy fire from 10.5 cm FlaK 38.

A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun

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