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6.9During 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.
Released: 1943-04-01134 minDir: Fritz LangDrama, Thriller, War
Cast
- Brian Donlevy as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
- Walter Brennan as Prof. Stephen Novotny
- Anna Lee as Masha Novotny
- Gene Lockhart as Emil Czaka
- Dennis O'Keefe as Jan Horak
- Margaret Wycherly as Ludmilla Novotny
Themes
- assassination
- nazi
- hostage
- resistance
- world war ii
- surgeon
- czechoslovakia
- prague, czech republic
- gestapo
- double cross
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
7,016 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
- Year
- 1943
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Screenwriter
- Bertolt Brecht
- Cast member
- William Haade
- Composer
- Hanns Eisler
- Producer
- Arnold Pressburger
- Cinematographer
- James Wong Howe
- Narrative location
- Prague
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 148217
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Hangmen Also Die 1943.jpg
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- publication date
- 1943-03-27
- title
- Hangmen Also Die!
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Gene Fowler Jr.
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- production designer
- William S. Darling
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 87%
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