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Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

Drama Thriller War

The shot heard 'round the world!

Release Date: 1943, April 1
Directors: Fritz Lang
Countries: United States of America
Production: United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films
Cast: James Bush, Lionel Stander, Anna Lee, Sam Harris, Lester Sharpe, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, John Abbott, Chester Conklin, Richard Alexander, Philip Van Zandt, Virginia Farmer, Walter Brennan

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.

Keywords:

double cross world war ii resistance prague, czech republic surgeon hostage nazi assassination gestapo nazi occupation czechoslovakia assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942) lidice massacre