Hangmen Also Die!

N/A

1943

DramaThrillerWar

2 hours 14 minutes

Summary

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.

~ The shot heard 'round the world!
Fritz Lang

Director

John Wexley

Screenplay