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Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 1943

Runtime

2h 14m

Genres

Drama, Thriller, War

User Score

69%

Original Title

Hangmen Also Die!

Production Companies

United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films

Director

Fritz Lang

Description

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.