Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · ★ 7 · Dir. Fritz Lang
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.
- Released
- 1943-04-15
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
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Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter Brennan
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Anna Lee
Masha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
Emil Czaka
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Reinhard Heydrich
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Hellie Novotny
Margaret Wycherly
Ludmilla Novotny
Dennis O'Keefe
Jan Horak
Tonio Selwart
Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Alexander Granach
Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Reinhold Schünzel
Gestapo Insp. Ritter
Ludwig Donath
Schirmer
Keywords
World war iiPrague, czech republicResistanceHostageNaziSurgeonAssassinationDouble crossCzechoslovakiaGestapoNazi occupationLidice massacreAssassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)
