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Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 74% of users liked it
    (327 ratings)

Hangmen Also Die is set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. Czech loyalist Brian Donlevy assassinates the vicious Gestapo leader Heydrich, then goes into hiding. The wounded patriot is sheltered by history professor Walter Brennan, who is already under surveillance by the Nazis thanks to… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
John Wexley, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang
Genres
Classics
In Theaters
Mar 23, 1943 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • , TIME Magazine

    Although Director Fritz Lang gives this familiar material occasional touches of distinction, the picture still misses Grade A rank.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    From a directorial standpoint this is a triumph for Fritz Lang, who succeeds with singular success in capturing the spirit of the Czech people in the face of the Nazi reign of terror.

  • Theodore Strauss, New York Times

    For all of Mr. Lang's finesse, his film is too patient -- it runs well over two hours -- too ponderous to hit its stride as melodrama. Nor does it match in emotional power and conviction its heroic theme.

  • Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

    The two-and-a-quarter-hour film has the iconic thrust of a silent; the pro-sacrifice resistance cant has an oddly jihadist tenor today.

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    Superb performances throughout, while James Wong Howe's photography perfectly captures the spirit of the occupied city, where hiding places are few and far from safe.

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  • Stephen E


    I find that Fritz Lang's films are often hit-or-miss, but even when they miss, they're still usually interesting failures. "Hangmen Also Die!" isn't a failure at all, but it is too long and not as tensely directed as it should have been. What could have been a… More

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