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. Alexander Granach has a showy role as a Gestapo detective ...
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.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1943-04
A fierce Czechoslovakian populace resists Nazi occupation in Fritz Lang's taut political thriller Hangmen Also Die! (1943) based on a real life incident. Set in Prague during World War II, the film depicts a city ruled by the notorious Deputy Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, who is currently serving as the Nazi Party governor.
- 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 allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi".
Hangmen Also Die Released Apr 15, 1943 2h 14m War TRAILER for Hangmen Also Die: Trailer 1 List Hangmen Also Die: Trailer 1 Hangmen Also Die: Trailer 1 1:43 View more videos
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- Brian Donlevy
- Fritz Lang
- War
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.
E quanto a Hangmen Also Die? Aqui, o caso é francamente mais complexo, até pela própria génese da obra e do que nela pode ser atribuído a Lang, a Bertolt Brecht ou ao poeta e dramaturgo comunista John Wexley, o único a figurar no genérico como argumentista. Lang disse que 90% do argumento do filme se devia a Brecht e citou expressamente…
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