Hangmen Also Die!
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Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

15/04/1943
Drama, Thriller, War
2h 14m

The shot heard 'round the world!

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.

  • Fritz LangDirector
  • John WexleyScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • assassination
  • nazi
  • hostage
  • resistance
  • world war ii
  • surgeon
  • czechoslovakia
  • prague, czech republic
  • gestapo
  • double cross
  • nazi occupation
  • assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)
  • lidice massacre

Top Billed Cast

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Prof. Stephen Novotny

Anna Lee

Anna Lee

Masha Novotny

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Emil Czaka

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Jan Horak

Margaret Wycherly

Margaret Wycherly

Ludmilla Novotny

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Hellie Novotny

William Roy

William Roy

Boda Novotny

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Reinhard Heydrich

Alexander Granach

Alexander Granach

Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber

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