Film

Hangmen Also Die!

The shot heard 'round the world!

6.9

2h 14m

1943

“The shot heard 'round the world!”

Synopsis

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

Director

Fritz Lang

Trailer

DramaThrillerWar

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