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On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrichs assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brechts only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Websters "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.
Right after the attempt on the life of the Nazi Reich "Protector" and the Hangman of Prague, Reinhard Heydrich, on 27 May 1942, the appointed patriotic assassin seeks shelter in the house of the history professor, Stephen Novotny. Forced to spend the night because of the rigid curfew law, the unknown killer will manage to escape the fierce manhunt, however, Novotny along with several hundred random Czechs are captured, facing execution until the murderer surrenders. But despite the swift and brutal retaliation, the Germans still wont break the spirit of the defiant Czechs who refuse to inform against the killer, who by now, has become freedoms undeniable symbol. Suddenly, as the Gestapo goes to great lengths to expose the assassin, a despicable Nazi collaborator might have the solution. Is all hope gone?
Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter Brennan
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Anna Lee
Masha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
Emil Czaka
Dennis O'Keefe
Jan Horak
Margaret Wycherly
Ludmilla Novotny
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Hellie Novotny
William Roy
Beda Novotny
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Reinhard Heydrich
Alexander Granach
Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Tonio Selwart
Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Jonathan Hale
Dedic
Lionel Stander
Banya
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
Edmund MacDonald
Dr. Pillar
Byron Foulger
Bartos
Virginia Farmer
Mrs. Nimitz
Ludwig Donath
Schirmer
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