Hangmen Also Die!

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.

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

Anna Lee

Anna Lee

as Masha Novotny

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

as Emil Czaka

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

as Jan Horak

Margaret Wycherly

Margaret Wycherly

as Ludmilla Novotny

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

as Mrs. Hellie Novotny

William Roy

William Roy

as Boda Novotny

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

as Reinhard Heydrich

Alexander Granach

Alexander Granach

as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Fritz Lang has assembled a really solid cast for this depiction of the Nazi terror inflicted on the Czech people after they decided to rid themselves of their German overlord Reinhard Heydrich. That historical event happens pretty early on, allowing us to focus on just how brutal the regime was, and...

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