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Hangmen Also Die!

Year:

1943

Duration:

USA:134 min (Turner library print) | France:117 min (DVD)

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller | War

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Fritz Lang

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1943-04-15

Cast

Actor

Character

Brian Donlevy

Hangmen Also Die!

Margaret Wycherly

Walter Brennan

Prof. Stephen Novotny

Anna Lee

Masha Novotny

Gene Lockhart

Emil Czaka

Dennis O'Keefe

Jan Horak

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Hellie Novotny

William Roy

Boda Novotny (as Billy Roy)

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 (as Louis Donath)

George Irving

Neeval

James Bush

Peacock

Arno Frey

Camp Lieutenant Itnut

Lester Sharpe

Rudy

Arthur Loft

Gen. Votruba

Reinhold Schünzel

Gestapo Insp. Ritter

John Abbott

Hostage (scenes deleted)

Louis Adlon

Adjutant (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Liberal Official (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Slugger in Theater (uncredited)

Jack Alfred

Busboy (uncredited)

Louis V. Arco

Nazi Official (uncredited)

Florence Auer

Czech Patriot

Felix Basch

(uncredited)

Hank Bell

Cabbie (uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Kylar (uncredited)

Edna Bennett

Pregnant Woman (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

Market Woman (uncredited)

Lane Bradford

Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Townsman (uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

SS Officer (uncredited)

Willy Castello

SS Guard (uncredited)

Richard Clarke

Priest (uncredited)

Steve Clemente

Knife Thrower (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Cook (uncredited)

Edith Conrad

Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Max Davidson

Bearded Man (uncredited)

Bryn Davis

Girl (uncredited)

Earle S. Dewey

Wine Waiter (uncredited)

James Dime

Gestapo Detective (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Aldrich Krapke (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Policeman (uncredited)

Gretl Dupont

Angry Woman (uncredited)

Poldi Dur

Slugger's Girlfriend in Theater (uncredited)

David Durand

Bicycle Boy (uncredited)

James Eagles

Svatak (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Professor (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Fred Essler

Dr. Kesselbach (uncredited)

William Farnum

Viktorin (uncredited)

Betty Farrington

Heavyset Woman (uncredited)

Dwight Frye

Hostage (uncredited)

Hans Fuerberg

Personal Adjutant (uncredited)

Jack George

Polcar (uncredited)

Inna Gest

Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)

George Guhl

Workman (uncredited)

William Haade

Mildrad (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Man at Briefing (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Fat Man (uncredited)

Eddie Kane

Novak (uncredited)

Victor Kendall

SS Leader (uncredited)

Manart Kippen

Dovolga (uncredited)

Fred Kohler Jr.

Czech Patriot

Kurt Kreuger

Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Rita La Roy

Girl (uncredited)

Hope Landin

Czech Patriot

Rolf Lindau

De Lauge (uncredited)

Emmett Lynn

Gerta (uncredited)

Robert Malcolm

Czech Patriot

Claire McDowell

Counterwoman (uncredited)

Paul McVey

Jan Pestuca (uncredited)

John Meredith

Czech Man (uncredited)

Philip Merivale

Policeman (uncredited)

Louis Merrill

Industrialist (uncredited)

Peter Michael

SS Captain (uncredited)

Charles Middleton

Patriot at Meeting with Svoboda (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Jewish Prisoner (uncredited)

Edwin Mills

Eduard (uncredited)

Harold Minjir

Butler (uncredited)

Frances Morris

Dr. Svoboda's Nurse (uncredited)

George N. Neise

Mueller (uncredited)

Carl Neubert

Economist (uncredited)

Kurt Neumann

SS Man (uncredited)

Manuel París

Townsman on Street (uncredited)

John Piffle

Industrialist (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Tobacconist (uncredited)

Lucien Prival

Policeman (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Interpreter (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

Gestapo Agent Schultz (uncredited)

Albin Robeling

Clerk (uncredited)

Ernest Roberts

(uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

Patriot at Meeting (uncredited)

Hans Schumm

Sergeant (uncredited)

Janet Shaw

Katerina Honiga (uncredited)

George Sherwood

SS Lieutenant (uncredited)

Pietro Sosso

Waiter (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Nazi Guard in Visitors' Pen (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

Cigarette Smoker (uncredited)

Henry Sylvester

Tall Czech (uncredited)

Forrest Taylor

Pipe Smoker (uncredited)

Walter Thiele

Police Official

Sigfrid Tor

Gescky (uncredited)

Fred Trowbridge

Man in Audience (uncredited)

Lisl Valetti

Secretary (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Officer (uncredited)

Lucio Villegas

Townsman at Briefing (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Hostage Wearing Glasses (uncredited)

Hans von Morhart

Policeman (uncredited)

Sam Waagenaar

SS Man (uncredited)

Fay Wall

Secretary (uncredited)

Eddy Waller

Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)

Crane Whitley

SS Headquarters Man (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

Santrock (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Ugly German Bodyguard (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Originally, Bertolt Brecht was denied story credit by the Screen Writer's Guild, even though he worked closely with writer John Wexley on the project.

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The original titles for the project were "No Surrender" and "Never Surrender" They had to choose a new title because a book was published with a similar title during production. Producers held a contest among the cast and crew to choose a new title. A production secretary submitted the winning title and won $100.

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The idea for the film was inspired by the assassination of Gestapo official Reinhard Heydrich by Czech guerrillas and the subsequent reprisals taken by Nazi occupation forces.

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Goofs

The character of Reinhard Heydrich wears the collar tabs of an SS-Gruppenfuehrer (group leader, roughly lieutenant general), three oak leaves. As Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia his rank was higher, SS-Obergruppenfuehrer (higher group leader, roughly full general). The proper insignia for this rank in 1942 was three oak leaves with a single pip underneath.

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In reality, Heydrich was assassinated by a team of Czech exiles sent back to the country by the British government.

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As the boy (Boda) picks the lock to open the door where Jan is tied up, he dumps the contents of his pockets on to the floor outside the room. Once he gets the door open he immediately goes inside and releases Jan. Once Jan is released, he and the boy rush out of the room but the things are no longer on the floor.

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Quotes

Dr. Franticek Svoboda: Dedric, what about the taxi driver?

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Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber: You better put that down.

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Czech Patriot: Your mothers were slimy rats! Their milk was sewer water!

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