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Hitler's Madman

  • 19431943
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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POPULARITY
58,993
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Hitler's Madman (1943)
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Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
763
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
58,993
28,931
  • Director
    • Douglas Sirk
  • Writers
    • Peretz Hirschbein
    • Albrecht Joseph(story)
    • Melvin Levy
  • Stars
    • Patricia Morison
    • John Carradine
    • Alan Curtis
Top credits
  • Director
    • Douglas Sirk
  • Writers
    • Peretz Hirschbein
    • Albrecht Joseph(story)
    • Melvin Levy
  • Stars
    • Patricia Morison
    • John Carradine
    • Alan Curtis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Alan Curtis and Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    John Carradine and Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman (1943)
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    John Carradine and Al Shean in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    John Carradine in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Alan Curtis and Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    John Carradine, Alan Curtis, and Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    John Carradine and Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Hitler's Madman (1943)
    John Carradine in Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Hitler's Madman (1943)

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    Patricia Morison
    Patricia Morison
    • Jarmilla Hanka
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Reinhardt Heydrich
    Alan Curtis
    Alan Curtis
    • Karel Vavra
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • Heinrich Himmler
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • Jan Hanka
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Nepomuk - the Hermit
    Ludwig Stössel
    Ludwig Stössel
    • Herman Bauer - Burgomaster
    Al Shean
    Al Shean
    • Father Cemlanek
    Elizabeth Russell
    Elizabeth Russell
    • Maria Bartonek - Anton's Wife
    Jimmy Conlin
    Jimmy Conlin
    • Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
    Enrique Acosta
    • Prisoner
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • German Machine Gunner
    • (uncredited)
    Nellie Anderson
    • Old Lady Masaryk
    • (uncredited)
    Louis V. Arco
    • German Sergeant
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Bailey
    Richard Bailey
    • Bartonek
    • (uncredited)
    Wilmer Barnes
    • Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bonn
    • Military Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Chet Brandenburg
    Chet Brandenburg
    • Linesman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Douglas Sirk
    • Writers
      • Peretz Hirschbein
      • Albrecht Joseph(story)
      • Melvin Levy
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      While in Germany before the war, director Douglas Sirk actually met Reinhard Heydrich at a party, and later recalled that "he made my blood run cold".
    • Goofs
      When Karel meets Jamilla's mother for the first time, there is a moving shadow of the boom microphone on the pillar above and behind them.
    • Quotes

      Karel Vavra: Patience, children. Patience. You mustn't cry Jarmilla. None of us must cry. We must stand erect with our eyes to the sun and courage in our hearts.

    • Connections
      Featured in Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)

    User reviews16

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    6/10
    Nothing too great but it's good enough all.
    This is one of those little typical WW II allied propaganda-flicks, made during WW II. It's rather simplistic and cheap looking all but its all enough to still make this movie a good watch, of course especially when you're a fan of the genre. Of course the biggest problem with this movie now days is its propaganda undertone that can be basically seen back in every sequence of the movie. Cowards become heroes and bad men turn into good ones. It makes the movie a bit ridicules and not always credible enough to watch now days but it's a part of the time period the movie got made in. The story itself is quite interesting on its won right but you feel it deserved a better and more fair and closer to the truth treatment. Who knows, maybe filmmakers will pick up this story once again and give it the treatment it really deserves and making it the great movie that this movie in potential could had also been. None of the actors really known to impress within this movie but John Carradine still manages to push the movie to greater heights with his role of Nazi SS commander. It's a movie worth watching due to its main story but it's production values and acting make this movie also far from a great or impressive one. 6/10
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    • Boba_Fett1138
    • May 23, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 10, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Hangman
    • Filming locations
      • Angeles Crest Highway, Angeles National Forest, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Angelus Productions
      • Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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