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.
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Cast
35 people
Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Known for
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Glass Key
Walter Brennan
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Known for
Rio Bravo
To Have and Have Not
Anna Lee
Masha Novotny
Known for
The Sound of Music
How Green Was My Valley
Gene Lockhart
Emil Czaka
Known for
His Girl Friday
Miracle on 34th Street
Dennis O'Keefe
Jan Horak
Known for
The Leopard Man
Raw Deal
Margaret Wycherly
Ludmilla Novotny
Known for
White Heat
Sergeant York
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Hellie Novotny
Known for
Harvey
The Reluctant Dragon
William Roy
Boda Novotny
Also in
The Corn Is Green
It Happened in Brooklyn
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Reinhard Heydrich
Known for
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Phantom
Alexander Granach
Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Known for
Nosferatu
Ninotchka
Tonio Selwart
Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Known for
Senso
The Other Side of the Wind
Jonathan Hale
Dedic
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Fury
Fritz Lang Director · John Wexley Screenplay Bertolt Brecht Story
United States release April 1, 1943 · Produced in United States · Languages English, German
Production
United Artists
Production
Arnold Pressburger Films
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Never Surrender · No Surrender · Trust the People
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · March 27, 1943
Premiere
United States · April 1, 1943
Theatrical
Canada
April 15, 1943 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 25, 1946 · Theatrical
Finland
June 26, 1953 · Theatrical
France
August 27, 1947 · Theatrical · Paris
October 24, 2007 · Theatrical · re-release
June 4, 2008 · Physical · DVD
June 13, 2017 · Physical · Blu-Ray
May 10, 2020 · Digital · VOD
April 26, 2023 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
April 3, 1958 · Theatrical · Wiesbaden, West Germany
October 23, 1974 · TV · West Germany
September 9, 1984 · TV · East Germany
Greece
October 12, 2006 · Theatrical · Panorama of European Cinema
December 20, 2012 · Theatrical · re-release
Italy
January 10, 1946 · Theatrical
Japan
December 19, 1987 · Theatrical
September 18, 1999 · Theatrical · re-release
Mexico
September 29, 1943 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 5, 1945 · Theatrical
January 8, 2010 · Theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
Sweden
May 3, 1945 · Theatrical
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