Hangmen Also Die!
136 reviews
Drama/Thriller
2h 14m
1943
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...
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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.
- DirectorFritz Lang
- Release1 April 1943
- Genre
- Duration2h 14m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate136 reviews
- Productions
United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films
Cast

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)
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