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.
Title | Hangmen Also Die! |
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Year | 1943 |
Genre | Drama, Thriller, War |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films |
Cast | Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart, Dennis O'Keefe, Margaret Wycherly |
Crew | Bertolt Brecht (Adaptation), Fritz Lang (Director), Fritz Lang (Producer), John Wexley (Screenplay), Arnold Pressburger (Music), Bertolt Brecht (Original Story) |
Keyword | assassination, nazi, hostage, resistance, world war ii, surgeon, czechoslovakia, prague, czech republic, gestapo, double cross, nazi occupation, assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942), lidice massacre |
Release | Apr 15, 1943 |
Runtime | 134 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.93 / 10 by 122 users |