Hangmen Also Die!

The shot heard 'round the world!

6.919432h 14mReleased

Drama

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War

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

StatusReleased

Release Date1943-04-01

Runtime2h 14m

LanguagesEnglishDeutsch

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

prague, czech republic

gestapo

double cross

nazi occupation

assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)

lidice massacre

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Hangmen Also Die 1943 Trailer HD | Fritz Lang | Brian Donlevy

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Cast & Crew

Brian Donlevy

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Walter Brennan

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

Anna Lee

as Masha Novotny

Gene Lockhart

as Emil Czaka

Dennis O'Keefe

as Jan Horak

Margaret Wycherly

as Ludmilla Novotny

Nana Bryant

as Mrs. Hellie Novotny

William Roy

as Boda Novotny

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

as Reinhard Heydrich

Alexander Granach

as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jun 26, 2022

7/10

Fritz Lang has assembled a really solid cast for this depiction of the Nazi terror inflicted on the Czech people after they decided to rid themselves of their German overlord Reinhard Heydrich. That historical event happens pretty early on, allowing us to focus on just how brutal the regime was, and on just how courageous those left were by continu…

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