Hangmen Also Die!

Name: Hangmen Also Die!
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Released: 1943-04-01
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 6.9

The shot heard 'round the world!

2h 14m English, German

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Hangmen Also Die!

The shot heard 'round the world!

2h 14m English, German

★ #26,688 Drama Thriller War

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

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.

Director Fritz Lang

Original Story, Adaptation Fritz Lang Adaptation, Original Story Bertolt Brecht Screenplay John Wexley