Drama ·Thriller ·War · United States of America · 1943 · 2h 14m

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die! poster
Director
Fritz Lang
Cast
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
Crew
James Wong Howe — Director of Photography Gene Fowler Jr. — Editor John Wexley — Screenplay Fritz Lang — Producer Arnold Pressburger — Producer Eleanor Behm — Costume Design
Tagline

The shot heard 'round the world!

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Hangmen Also Die! — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
assassinationnazihostageresistanceworld war iisurgeonczechoslovakiaprague, czech republicgestapodouble crossnazi occupationassassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)
Key Collaborators
Fritz Lang Director James Wong Howe Director of Photography Gene Fowler Jr. Editor John Wexley Screenplay Fritz Lang Producer Arnold Pressburger Producer Eleanor Behm Costume Design
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