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Hangmen Also Die!

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Brian Donlevy and Anna Lee in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
DramaFilm-NoirThriller
After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.6K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
15,479
227
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    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Bertolt Brecht(adaptation)
      • Fritz Lang(adaptation)
      • John Wexley(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Brian Donlevy
      • Walter Brennan
      • Anna Lee
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Bertolt Brecht(adaptation)
      • Fritz Lang(adaptation)
      • John Wexley(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Brian Donlevy
      • Walter Brennan
      • Anna Lee
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    • 72User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Brian Donlevy and Anna Lee in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
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    Brian Donlevy and Anna Lee in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
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    Ralph Dunn, Gene Lockhart, and Tonio Selwart in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
    Brian Donlevy, Alexander Granach, and Edmund MacDonald in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
    Anna Lee and Gene Lockhart in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
    Gene Lockhart in Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
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    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Dr. Franticek Svoboda…
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Prof. Stephen Novotny
    Anna Lee
    Anna Lee
    • Masha Novotny
    Gene Lockhart
    Gene Lockhart
    • Emil Czaka
    Dennis O'Keefe
    Dennis O'Keefe
    • Jan Horak
    Margaret Wycherly
    Margaret Wycherly
    • Ludmilla Novotny
    Nana Bryant
    Nana Bryant
    • Mrs. Hellie Novotny
    William Roy
    • Beda Novotny
    • (as Billy Roy)
    Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
    Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
    • Reinhard Heydrich
    • (as H. H v. Twardowski)
    Alexander Granach
    Alexander Granach
    • Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
    Tonio Selwart
    • Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
    Jonathan Hale
    Jonathan Hale
    • Dedic
    Lionel Stander
    Lionel Stander
    • Banya
    Sarah Padden
    Sarah Padden
    • Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
    Edmund MacDonald
    Edmund MacDonald
    • Dr. Pillar
    Byron Foulger
    Byron Foulger
    • Bartos
    Virginia Farmer
    Virginia Farmer
    • Mrs. Nimitz
    Ludwig Donath
    Ludwig Donath
    • Schirmer
    • (as Louis Donath)
    • Director
      • Fritz Lang
    • Writers
      • Bertolt Brecht(adaptation) (original story)
      • Fritz Lang(adaptation) (original story)
      • John Wexley(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      During the Joseph McCarthy-inspired "Red Scare" era in the 1950s, this was one of the films labeled "subversive" by the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) because it was alleged to have contained dialog that might be construed as pro-communist. Writer John Wexley was even "blacklisted". It wasn't seen again in the United States until the mid-'70s.
    • Goofs
      In reality, Heydrich was assassinated by a team of Czech exiles sent back to the country by the British government.
    • Quotes

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

      Dr. Pillar: I'm going to put it where it belongs

    • Crazy credits
      The end of the film reads "NOT The End".
    • Connections
      Featured in Hooray for Holyrood (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Vltava
      (The Moldau) (uncredited)

      From "Má vlast (My Country)"

      Music by Bedrich Smetana

      Played in the movie theater

      Also played on the radio during dinner

    User reviews72

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    Top review
    9/10
    No wonder McCarthy hated this film!
    Supposedly, this film was suppressed in the USA because it came out in favor of the Communists. I just watched it today, and I can only remember one faint mention of the Russians (and don't forget, they were our allies at the time!). What must have really irked McCarthy was this film's scathing portrayal of those who snitch on their friends and co-workers, and those who coerce them into doing so.

    Gene Lockhart, whom I always think of as likable Bob Cratchit from the Reginald Owen "Christmas Carol," deserves high honors for his intense portrayal of a Czech traitor who works behind his neighbors' backs to betray them to the Nazi occupiers. Anna Lee is strong in her central role as the woman caught up in a dangerous plot. Many of the supporting characters also shine, such as Alexander Granach as the lusty Nazi enforcer Gruber. I couldn't quite warm up to Brian Donlevy in the central role. (He looks too much like an American businessman, like Raymond Bailey.) And Walter Brennan, although he looks great, seems out of place because of his heavy New England accent.

    What makes this movie a standout is the script and direction. There's not a wasted moment in this long film, and plenty of interesting set pieces (the theater, the cab ride/street confrontation, etc.). Brecht and Lang weave a web that grows larger but not looser as the film progresses.
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    • Jul 18, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Never Surrender
    • Production company
      • Arnold Pressburger Films
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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