Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

The shot heard 'round the world!

Movie · Drama, Thriller, War · 2h 14m · Rated 6.9/10 on TMDB · Released April 1, 1943

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.

Directed by 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
• 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
• Tonio Selwart as Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
• Jonathan Hale as Dedic

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