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. Ota Strnad Rudolf Jelínek Sgt. Tousek Jirí Kodet Sgt. Vyskocil Ladislav Mrkvicka Sgt. Vrbas Josef Vinklár The gamekeeper Oldrich Lukes SS-Sturmbannführer Görke Gerhard Rachold Commissioner Sleicher Oldrich Velen Col. Moravec Jirí Vrstala

The Assassination (Original title: Atentát) is a 1964 Czech black-and-white war drama directed by Jirí Sequens. The story depicts 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 and their British instructors use mostly CZ 38 pistols.

9×17mm Browning Short

1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý).

Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek).

Sgt. Tousek (Jirí Kodet).

Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka).

Scotish SOE instruktor.

SACM M1935A

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

SACM M1935A - 7.65 x 22mm Longue

Walther P38

Some Gestapo men carry a Walther P38 pistol. Czech paratroopers also captured this gun.

Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm

One of the Gestapo men holds a Walther P38 in his hand.

Sgt. Ota Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek).

Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka).

Luger P08

Most SS, SD and Gestapo officers in 1942 are equipped with Luger P08 pistols.

Luger P08 9x19mm

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

A SS officer pulls a Luger P08 in the church.

A SD officer holds a Luger P08 as he examines a map of the crypt.

Submachine guns

Sten

The main weapon of Czechoslovak paratroopers from Great Britain is the Sten submachine gun.

Sten Mk II - 9x19mm

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

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

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

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

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

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

MP40

Some SS soldiers are armed with MP40 submachine guns.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Most German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

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

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

Machine guns

MG34

Germans deploy an MG34 machine gun against the trapped paratroopers.

MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum

MG42

An MG42 is seen briefly before becoming an MG34 in a continuity error (in 1942 is anachronistic).

MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser

Hand grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranates are thrown on defenders by SS men during the fight in the church.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate with fragmentation sleeve.

Training Grenade

The Czechoslovakian troops use dummy grenades while training in Scotland

Trivia

8.8 cm Pak 43/41

Before a church stands also a 8.8 cm Pak 43/41 cannon.

8.8 cm Pak 43/41 anti-tank gun on Rhienmetall split-trail mount - 88x822mm R

122mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)

The panzer drags a 122mm howitzers M1938 (M-30).

Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer

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