Hangmen Also Die!
English • 1943 • 2h 14m
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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.
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DirectorFritz Lang
WriterJohn Wexley
CinematographerJames Wong Howe
ComposerArnold Pressburger, Hanns Eisler
EditorGene Fowler Jr.
ProducerFritz Lang, Arnold Pressburger