Summary
Hitler’s Madman is an American war film first released in 1943,
directed by Douglas Sirk.
The film is based on a novel by Bart Lytton and stars Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman and Ralph Morgan.
It has also been released under the title: Hitler’s Hangman.
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Credits
- Director: Douglas Sirk
- Script: Peretz Hirschbein, Albrecht Joseph, Melvin Levy, Emil Ludwig, Bart Lytton (novel), Doris Malloy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edgar G. Ulmer
- Photo: Jack Greenhalgh, Eugen Schüfftan
- Music: Karl Hajos, Nathaniel Shilkret, Eric Zeisl, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Arthur Morton
- Cast: Patricia Morison (Jarmilla Hanka), John Carradine (Reinhardt Heydrich), Alan Curtis (Karel Vavra), Howard Freeman (Heinrich Himmler), Ralph Morgan (Jan Hanka), Edgar Kennedy (Nepomuk, the hermit), Ludwig Stössel (Herman Bauer, burgomaster), Al Shean (Father Cemlanek), Elizabeth Russell (Maria Bartonek, Anton’s Wife), Jimmy Conlin (Dvorak, the shopkeeper), Louis V. Arco (German Sergeant), Richard Ryen (Gestapo), Nellie Anderson (Old Lady Masaryk), Richard Bailey (Bartonek), Walter Bonn (Military Doctor), Chet Brandenburg (Linesman), Budd Buster (Conductor), Jorja Curtright (Clara Janek), Lester Dorr (Sergeant), Natalie Draper (Julia Petschek, student), Danny Duncan (Guard), Mary Elliott (Anna Parsek), Jim Farley (Town Crier), Dan Fitzpatrick (Coffin Bearer), Ava Gardner (Franciska Pritric a Student), Leatrice Joy Gilbert (Katy Chotnick a Student), John Good (Rupert), Frank Hagney (Engineer), Ernst Hausman (Sentry), Johanna Hofer (Frau Magda Bauer), Betty Jaynes (Nurse), Kenner G. Kemp (Villager), Victor Kilian (Janek (villager)), Laurie Lane (Minna), Vicky Lane (Student), Adolf E. Licho (Doctor), Emmett Lynn (Germak), George Lynn (First Officer), Hugh Maguire (Boy), Michael Mark (Czech Laborer in Pain), Tully Marshall (Teacher), Charles Marsh (Soldier), Merrill McCormick (Assistant Doctor), John Merton (Muller, Heydrich’s Gunman), Ray Miller (Soldier), Dennis Moore (Orderly), Carl Neubert (Third Officer), Betty Jean Nichols (Bartonek Girl), Richard Nichols (Bartonek Boy), Fred Nurney (Captain), Frances Rafferty (Annaliese Cermak, Student wearing Glasses), Otto Reichow (Gestapo), Lionel Royce (Capt. Kleist), Hans Schumm (Gestapo Officer), Richard Talmadge (Chauffeur), Arthur Thalasso (Guard), Frank Todd (Coffin Bearer), Sigurd Tor (Gestapo), Celia Travers (Heydrich’s Nurse), Peter van Eyck (Gestapo), Hans von Morhart (Soldier), Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Lt. Buelow), Sam Waagenaar (Sentry), Ben Webster (Old Man Masaryk), Carey Wilson (Narrator), Blanche Yurka (Frau Anna Hanka), Wolfgang Zilzer (S.S. Colonel)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84 min; B&W
- Aka: Hitler’s Hangman
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