Hangmen Also Die! poster
Director Fritz Lang
Screenplay John Wexley

Hangmen Also Die!

Tagline: The shot heard 'round the world!

Release Date: 1943-04-15

Duration: 134 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Walter Brennan
    Prof. Stephen Novotny
  • Lionel Stander
    Banya
  • Dennis O'Keefe
    Jan Horak
  • Gene Lockhart
    Emil Czaka
  • Brian Donlevy
    Dr. Franticek Svoboda
  • Byron Foulger
    Bartos
  • Virginia Farmer
    Mrs. Nimitz
  • Margaret Wycherly
    Ludmilla Novotny
  • John Abbott
    Hostage (scenes deleted)
  • Nana Bryant
    Mrs. Hellie Novotny