Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

The shot heard 'round the world!

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.

Date of release
1943-04-01
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (145)
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, War
Director
Fritz Lang

Casting

  • Brian Donlevy — Dr. Franticek Svoboda
  • Walter Brennan — Prof. Stephen Novotny
  • Anna Lee — Masha Novotny
  • Gene Lockhart — Emil Czaka
  • Dennis O'Keefe — Jan Horak
  • Margaret Wycherly — Ludmilla Novotny
  • Nana Bryant — Mrs. Hellie Novotny
  • William Roy — Boda Novotny
  • Hans Heinrich von Twardowski — Reinhard Heydrich
  • Alexander Granach — Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
  • Tonio Selwart — Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
  • Jonathan Hale — Dedic

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