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Film / 1943
Hangmen Also Die!
Directed by
Fritz Lang
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Brian DonlevyDr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter BrennanProf. Stephen Novotny
Anna LeeMasha Novotny
Gene LockhartEmil Czaka
Dennis O'KeefeJan Horak
Margaret WycherlyLudmilla Novotny
Nana BryantMrs. Hellie Novotny
William RoyBoda Novotny
Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiReinhard Heydrich
Alexander GranachGestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Tonio SelwartChief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Jonathan HaleDedic
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Lionel StanderBanya
Sarah PaddenMrs. Georgia Dvorak
Edmund MacDonaldDr. Pillar
Byron FoulgerBartos
Virginia FarmerMrs. Nimitz
Ludwig DonathSchirmer
George IrvingNeeval
James BushPeacock
Arno FreyCamp Lieutenant Itnut
Lester SharpeRudy
Arthur LoftGen. Votruba
Reinhold SchünzelGestapo Insp. Ritter
Chester ConklinCook (uncredited)
Claire McDowellCounterwoman (uncredited)
John AbbottHostage (scenes deleted)
Louis AdlonAdjutant (uncredited)
Erville AldersonLiberal Official (uncredited)
Richard AlexanderSlugger in Theater (uncredited)
Dwight FryeHostage
Ralph DunnCzech Policeman (uncredited)
Bud JamisonFat Man (uncredited)
Philip Van ZandtOfficer (uncredited)
Sam HarrisMan at Briefing (uncredited)
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