Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda/Karel Vanek
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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.
Hangmen Also Die!: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart. After the German administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
- (6.4K)
- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1943-04
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer.
- Fritz Lang, Walter Mayo, Fred Pressburger
- H. H. V. Twardowski
Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the money he received...
- 132 min
- 106.6K
- BluRay Classic Studio
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovokia, insurgent Franticek Svoboda (Brian Donlevy) assassinates the brutal German leader Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski).
- (47)
- Brian Donlevy
- Fritz Lang
- War
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.
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. John Wexley.
