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Hangmen Also Die! is a 1943 war film directed by the Austrian director Fritz Lang and written by John Wexley from a story by Bertolt Brecht and Lang. The film stars Brian Donlevy, with Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, and Gene Lockhart, and Dennis O'Keefe in support. Alexander Granach has a showy role as a Gestapo detective, and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski has a cameo as Reinhard Heydrich. Hanns Eisler composed the…
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Hollywood's penchant for sacrificing historical accuracy in favour of entertainment is a well-documented phenomenon. Sometimes that included even very recent events, when the audience had more opportunity to compare fact with fiction. In the case of WWII, this approach was justified by the needs of wartime propaganda, and the prime example can be found in *Hangmen Also Die!*, a 1943 spy thriller directed by Fritz La…More
This isn’t the first movie I have seen that was directed by Fritz Lang and there’s no way it’s going to be the last. Honestly, I have only heard his name about a month ago and not watched any of his films before, and as of this moment, I have stored about 8 to 10 movies for which I’m working on a schedule to watch in the next few days. Today’s selection is Hangmen Also Die! (1943) . Image Source As you can already i…More
