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Hangmen Also Die! is a 1943 war film directed by the Austrian director Fritz Lang and written by John Wexley from a story by Bertolt Brecht (credited as Bert Brecht) and Lang. The film stars Brian Donlevy, with Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, and Gene Lockhart, and Dennis O'Keefe in support. Alexander Granach has a showy role as a Gestapo detective ...
A fictionalized account of the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Czechoslovakia during WWII. The film follows the resistance fighter who shot him and the family that hides him from the Gestapo, while 400 hostages are executed as a reprisal.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1943-04
Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 25, 2013 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation The best reason for a film buff to dive into "Hangmen Also Die!" is that it's quintessentially Fritz Lang, first shadow to its "NOT ...
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- Brian Donlevy
- Fritz Lang
- War
Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the...
- 132 min
- 107.5K
- BluRay Classic Studio
Synopsis. In Czechoslovakia on June 4, 1942 during the Nazi occupation of World War 2 the vicious Nazi Gestapo leader Reinhard Heydrich, known as The Hangman, is shot at a public location and the man responsible, Dr. Franz Svoboda (Brian Donlevy) has lost his escape because his driver has been arrested. Forced to move about the streets he runs ...
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 Lang. Director.
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A fierce Czechoslovakian populace resists Nazi occupation in Fritz Lang's taut political thriller Hangmen Also Die! (1943) based on a real life incident. Set in Prague during World War II, the film depicts a city ruled by the notorious Deputy Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, who is currently serving as the Nazi Party governor.
