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Hangmen Also Die!

Where:

🇨🇿 Czechia

When:

The 1940s

The shot heard 'round the world! — 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.

Released in 1943 — 134 minutes

Genres:

Drama History Thriller War

Languages:

English German