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. —J.Arnold Free <[email protected]>
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Anna Lee, Brian Donlevy, Dennis O'Keefe, Gene Lockhart, Margaret Wycherly, Nana Bryant, Walter Brennan
Country: United States