Overview
Hangmen Also Die! is an American war film first released in 1943,
directed by Fritz Lang.
The film stars Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee and Nana Bryant.
It has also been released under the title: Hangmen Also Die!.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
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Director: Fritz Lang
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Script: Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, John Wexley
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Photo: James Wong Howe
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Music: Hanns Eisler
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Cast: Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Reinhard Heydrich),
Brian Donlevy (Dr. Franticek Svoboda aka Karel Vanek),
Walter Brennan (Prof. Stephen Novotny),
Anna Lee (Nasha Novotny),
Nana Bryant (Mrs. Hellie Novotny),
Margaret Wycherly (Ludmilla Novotny),
Dennis O’Keefe (Jan Horak (Nasha’s fiancé)),
Gene Lockhart (Emil Czaka (brewer)),
Tonio Selwart (Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas),
Alexander Granach (Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber),
Reinhold Schünzel (Gestapo Insp. Ritter),
Ludwig Donath (Schirmer),
Arno Frey (Camp lieutenant),
Sarah Padden (Mrs. Georgia Dvorak (grocer)),
Jonathan Hale (Dedic),
Byron Foulger (Bartos),
Edmund MacDonald (Dr. Pillar),
Lionel Stander (Banya (taxi driver)),
Lester Sharpe (Rudy (waiter)),
Arthur Loft (Gen. Votruba (hostage)),
George Irving (Neeval (hostage)),
James Bush (Pescacek (hostage)),
John Abbott (Hostage (scenes deleted)),
Louis V. Arco (Nazi Official),
Frederic Brunn (SS Officer),
Fred Essler (Dr. Kesselbach),
John Piffle (Industrialist),
Albin Robeling (Clerk),
William Roy (Boda Novotny),
Walter Thiele (Police Official),
Erville Alderson (Liberal official),
Richard Alexander (Slugger in theater),
Florence Auer (Czech patriot),
William ’Billy’ Benedict (Kylar (clerk, hostage)),
Lane Bradford (Gestapo officer),
Harry C. Bradley (Townsman),
James Dime (Gestapo detective),
Lester Dorr (Aldrich Krapke (patriot at meeting)),
Ralph Dunn (Policeman),
Edward Earle (Professor),
Virginia Farmer (Mrs. Nimitz (landlady)),
William Farnum (Viktorin (patriot)),
Dwight Frye (Hostage),
William Haade (Patriot),
Sam Harris (Extra at briefing),
Eddie Kane (Novak (head waiter at The Golden Quail)),
Fred Kohler Jr. (Czech patriot),
Kurt Kreuger (Gestapo officer),
Hope Landin (Czech patriot),
Emmett Lynn (Gerta (hostage)),
Robert Malcolm (Czech patriot),
Paul McVey (Jan Pestuca (newspaper editor)),
Philip Merivale (Bit part),
Charles Middleton (Patriot at meeting with Svoboda),
Frances Morris (Dr. Svoboda’s nurse),
Kurt Neumann (SS Man),
Lucien Prival (Policeman),
Frank Reicher (Interpreter),
Otto Reichow (Gestapo agent),
Ernest Roberts,
Henry Roquemore (Patriot at meeting),
Janet Shaw (Katerina Honiga (patriotic factory secretary)),
Philip Van Zandt (Officer),
Emmett Vogan (Hostage wearing glasses),
Eddy Waller (Hansom cab driver),
Crane Whitley (Gestapo officer),
Harry Wilson (Ugly German bodyguard)
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Country: USA
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Language: English / German
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Runtime: 134 min
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Aka: Hangmen Also Die!; Lest We Forget
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