Hangmen Also Die!
On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.
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Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
1943
134 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Hangmen Also Die!
- Duration : 134 min
- Languages : English, German
- Writers : Bertolt Brecht (adaptation), Fritz Lang (adaptation), John Wexley (screenplay)
- Directors : Fritz Lang min
- Imdb : 7.5 (2804 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.6 (367 votes)
- Actors : Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart
Movie Storyline
On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparatively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.