Hangmen Also Die!
The shot heard 'round the world!
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.
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
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28 billed performers
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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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- Release date
- Apr 1, 1943
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
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- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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