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Hangmen Also Die!
The shot heard 'round the world!
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.
- Original title
- Hangmen Also Die!
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
Fritz Lang has assembled a really solid cast for this depiction of the Nazi terror inflicted on the Czech people after they decided to rid themselves of their German overlord Reinhard Heydrich. That historical event happens pretty early on, allowing us to focus on just how brutal the regime was, and on just how courageous those left were by continuing to oppose their oppressors despite some fairly arbitrary methods of retribution. The assassin must find shelter, evade detection and learn whom to trust as he watches those around him suffer - regardless of any guilt. Probably my favourite performance comes via the collaborating "Czaka" (Gene Lockhart) who plays the local beer magnate-cum-stooge really quite well. Walter Brennan is likewise effective as the elderly historian professor "Novotny" as is Alexander Granach as the Gestapo man charged with finding the original culprit. It is a little heavy on the dialogue side at times, but the director takes his time to imbue a real sense of the horror faced by the population as lawful lawlessness gradually robbed them of even the most basic of civil liberties, and the darkly lit photography is particularly evocative too. It's been retold once or twice, but to nowhere near the same standard and though largely a work of fiction, is still potent stuff.
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Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter Brennan
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Anna Lee
Masha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
Emil Czaka
Dennis O'Keefe
Jan Horak
Margaret Wycherly
Ludmilla Novotny
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Hellie Novotny
William Roy
Boda Novotny
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Reinhard Heydrich
Alexander Granach
Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Tonio Selwart
Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Jonathan Hale
Dedic
Lionel Stander
Banya
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
Edmund MacDonald
Dr. Pillar
Byron Foulger
Bartos
Virginia Farmer
Mrs. Nimitz
Ludwig Donath
Schirmer
George Irving
Neeval
James Bush
Peacock
Lester Sharpe
Rudy
Arthur Loft
Gen. Votruba
Reinhold Schünzel
Gestapo Insp. Ritter
Chester Conklin
Cook (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Counterwoman (uncredited)
John Abbott
Hostage (scenes deleted)
Louis Adlon
Adjutant (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Liberal Official (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Slugger in Theater (uncredited)
Dwight Frye
Hostage
Ralph Dunn
Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
Fat Man (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
Officer (uncredited)
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Fritz Lang
Director
Fritz Lang
Producer
Hanns Eisler
Music
Bertolt Brecht
Adaptation
Fritz Lang
Adaptation
Bertolt Brecht
Original Story
Fritz Lang
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