Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Movie · NR · 134 min · ★ 6.9 · 80% critics
In occupied Czechoslovakia, a wounded resistance fighter goes on the run after a high-profile assassination, relying on ordinary citizens for shelter and misdirection. As the occupiers retaliate with curfews, raids, and hostage threats, the community must weigh fear, loyalty, and the risks of helping a stranger while a relentless manhunt closes in.
Also known as Never Surrender · No Surrender · Trust the People
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Details
- Years
- 1943
- Release date
- 1943-04-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (139 votes)
About
If you enjoy WWII resistance thrillers built around moral dilemmas, manhunts, and collective courage under pressure, this should land well; Not for you if you need strict historical accuracy or a brisk, simple plot like Man Hunt.
Pros: tense cat-and-mouse suspense; strong supporting performances; haunting wartime atmosphere | Cons: historically loose details; talky, drawn-out stretches; some over-the-top villains
Themes
- assassination
- nazi
- hostage
- resistance
- world war ii
- surgeon
- czechoslovakia
- prague, czech republic
- gestapo
- double cross
- nazi occupation
- assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1944 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1944 · nominated
Cast & crew
Brian Donlevy
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter Brennan
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
Anna Lee
as Masha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
as Emil Czaka
Dennis O'Keefe
as Jan Horak
Margaret Wycherly
as Ludmilla Novotny
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Hellie Novotny
William Roy
as Boda Novotny
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Reinhard Heydrich
Alexander Granach
as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Directed by Fritz Lang