在这部拂晓攻击剧情/历史/战争片中,1941年二次世界大战，捷克被纳粹德国占领，捷克自由联盟组织联合伦敦当局，派出三名年轻人返回捷克，从事一项危险艰巨任务──暗杀德军首领海德里希。 卡尔、约瑟夫当年离开捷克时留下妻小，如今重返故乡，却身负重任，内心充满予盾与煎熬，为了任务，不得不抛下儿女私情，去执行这项任务，终于不辱使命，刺杀了海德里希。 在刺杀成功后，由于叛徒出卖，伞兵突击队员的隐蔽地点暴露。7名伞兵最后在教堂里与清剿的党卫军进行了殊死搏斗，最后全部牺牲。
In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. The terror and oppression that follow cause Allied authorities in London to authorize a secret mission to kill the man who has come to be known as "The Butcher of Prague". The film explores shows the operation leading up to Heydrich's death as well as the massive German reprisals that followed it.
