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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.
A Czech resistance fighter hides from the Gestapo after assassinating the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. The film explores the themes of resistance, deception, and morality in a film noir style.
- (6.5K)
- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1943-04
Jan 22, 2021 · 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
- 110.8K
- BluRay Classic Studio
When a Nazi officer is assassinated, Czech patriots band together to protect his killer.
- Fritz Lang, Walter Mayo, Fred Pressburger
- H. H. V. Twardowski
A film based on the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Czechoslovakia during World War II. The plot follows the assassin, the Gestapo, and the Czech resistance as they try to survive and fight against the occupation.
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovokia, insurgent Franticek Svoboda (Brian Donlevy) assassinates the brutal German leader Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski).
- (16)
- War
A drama thriller war film directed by Fritz Lang, based on a true story of a Czech patriot who assassinates the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich. The film follows his escape and the resistance efforts of his helpers, including a history professor and his daughter.
