| Release Date: | Mar 1943 |
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| Genres: | War / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. |
| Cast: | Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Reinhard Heydrich), Brian Donlevy (Dr. Franticek Svoboda aka Karel Vanek), Walter Brennan (Prof. Stephen Novotny), Anna Lee (Nasha Novotny), Nana Bryant (Mrs. Hellie Novotny), Margaret Wycherly (Ludmilla Novotny), Dennis O'Keefe (Jan Horak (Nasha's fiancé)), Gene Lockhart (Emil Czaka (brewer)), Tonio Selwart (Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas), Alexander Granach (Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber), Reinhold Schünzel (Gestapo Insp. Ritter), Ludwig Donath (Schirmer), Arno Frey (Camp lieutenant), Sarah Padden (Mrs. Georgia Dvorak (grocer)), Jonathan Hale (Dedic), Byron Foulger (Bartos), Edmund MacDonald (Dr. Pillar), Lionel Stander (Banya (taxi driver)), Lester Sharpe (Rudy (waiter)), Arthur Loft (Gen. Votruba (hostage)), George Irving (Neeval (hostage)), James Bush (Pescacek (hostage)), John Abbott (Hostage (scenes deleted)), Louis V. Arco (Nazi Official), Frederic Brunn (SS Officer), Fred Essler (Dr. Kesselbach), John Piffle (Industrialist), Albin Robeling (Clerk), William Roy (Boda Novotny (as Billy Roy)), Walter Thiele (Police Official), Erville Alderson (Liberal official (uncredited)), Richard Alexander (Slugger in theater (uncredited)), Florence Auer (Czech patriot (uncredited)), William 'Billy' Benedict (Kylar (clerk, hostage) (uncredited)), Lane Bradford (Gestapo officer (uncredited)), Harry C. Bradley (Townsman (uncredited)), James Dime (Gestapo detective (uncredited)), Lester Dorr (Aldrich Krapke (patriot at meeting)...), Ralph Dunn (Policeman (uncredited)), Poldi Dur (Slugger's girlfriend in theater)...), Edward Earle (Professor (uncredited)), Virginia Farmer (Mrs. Nimitz (landlady) (uncredited)), William Farnum (Viktorin (patriot) (uncredited)), Dwight Frye (Hostage (uncredited)), William Haade (Patriot (uncredited)), Sam Harris (Extra at briefing (uncredited)), Eddie Kane (Novak (head waiter at The Golden...), Fred Kohler Jr. (Czech patriot (uncredited)), Kurt Kreuger (Gestapo officer (uncredited)), Hope Landin (Czech patriot (uncredited)), Emmett Lynn (Gerta (hostage) (uncredited)), Robert Malcolm (Czech patriot (uncredited)), Paul McVey (Jan Pestuca (newspaper editor)...), Philip Merivale (Bit part (uncredited)), Charles Middleton (Patriot at meeting with Svoboda...), Frances Morris (Dr. Svoboda's nurse (uncredited)), Kurt Neumann (SS Man (uncredited)), Manuel París (Townsman on Street (uncredited)), Lucien Prival (Policeman (uncredited)), Frank Reicher (Interpreter (uncredited)), Otto Reichow (Gestapo agent (uncredited)), Ernest Roberts (Minor Role (uncredited)), Henry Roquemore (Patriot at meeting (uncredited)), Janet Shaw (Katerina Honiga (patriotic factory...), Robert R. Stephenson (Nazi Guard in Visitors Pen (uncredited)), Philip Van Zandt (Officer (uncredited)), Lucio Villegas (Townsman at Briefing (uncredited)), Emmett Vogan (Hostage wearing glasses (uncredited)), Eddy Waller (Hansom cab driver (uncredited)), Crane Whitley (Gestapo officer (uncredited)), Harry Wilson (Ugly German bodyguard (uncredited)) |
On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparitively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.
