Hangmen Also Die!
The shot heard 'round the world!
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 comparatively 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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda (Karel Vanek)
Walter Brennan
Prof. Stepan Novotny
Anna Lee
Mascha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
Emil Czaka
Dennis O'Keefe
Jan Horak
Alexander Granach
Gestapo Inspector Alois Gruber
Margaret Wycherly
Ludmilla Novotny
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Tonio Selwart
Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Jonathan Hale
Dedic
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Hellie Novotny
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Hanns Eisler
Composer
James Wong Howe
Cinematographer
