Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
The shot heard 'round the world!
134 min
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.
- Release date
- March 23, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Brian Donlevy as Dr. Franticek Svoboda (Karel Vanek)
- Walter Brennan as Prof. Stepan Novotny
- Anna Lee as Mascha Novotny
- Gene Lockhart as Emil Czaka
- Dennis O'Keefe as Jan Horak
- Alexander Granach as Gestapo Inspector Alois Gruber
- Margaret Wycherly as Ludmilla Novotny
- Tonio Selwart as Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
- Jonathan Hale as Dedic
- Nana Bryant as Mrs. Hellie Novotny
Crew
- Fritz Lang · Director
- John Wexley · Writer
- Bertolt Brecht · Writer
- Fritz Lang · Writer
- Fritz Lang · Producer
- Arnold Pressburger · Producer
- Hanns Eisler · Composer
- James Wong Howe · Cinematographer
- Gene Fowler Jr. · Editor