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Hangmen Also Die!

Turkish title: Haydrih'in Esrarengiz Katli

“The shot heard 'round the world!”

1943 · 2 h 14 min
Directed by Fritz Lang
DramaFilm-NoirThriller

Cast

Brian Donlevy Walter Brennan Anna Lee Gene Lockhart Dennis O'Keefe

Credits

Written by: John Wexley

Plot

The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich and the Czech reprisals.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fritz Lang's wartime thriller dramatises the aftermath of Heydrich's assassination and Czech resistance. Tense and angry, with a Brecht story and Hanns Eisler's score, it is a gripping, morally charged propaganda drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (7,485 votes)
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