Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.
Ludwig Stössel
- Herman Bauer
- (as Ludwig Stossel)
Enrique Acosta
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
- German Machine Gunner
- (uncredited)
Nellie Anderson
- Old Lady Masaryk
- (uncredited)
Louis V. Arco
- German Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Richard Bailey
- Anton Bartonek
- (uncredited)
Wilmer Barnes
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
- Military Doctor
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Linesman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile in Germany before the war, director Douglas Sirk met Reinhard Heydrich at a party, and later recalled that "he made my blood run cold."
- GoofsHeydrich was ambushed in the city of Prague, not on a country road. His travel plans were also no secret: despite Hitler's admonitions Heydrich always took the same route when traveling in the city, believing the the people were too cowed to dare attack him.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Anton Bartonek: Telling you not to eat or drink. one morsel of food, one swallow of drink, before you think, Before you think! What is best for your country. Keep your country free from the foe you hate. Catch him! Catch him! Do not wait!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
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Weak Drama
Hitler's Madman (1943)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Douglas Sirk's first American film was also filmed by Fritz Lang as Hangmen Also Die the very same year. War propaganda at its highest as the Czech people stick together to assassinate Nazi Richard Heydrich (John Carradine). This thing here gets mixed reviews but I found it incredibly slow, boring and just not all that interesting. Carradine delivers a good performance but outside of that everyone else is pretty boring and while the direction shines in a few spots it never really comes full circle. The ending with "we should all rise up" might have packed a punch in 1943 but today it comes off very, very stupid.
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Douglas Sirk's first American film was also filmed by Fritz Lang as Hangmen Also Die the very same year. War propaganda at its highest as the Czech people stick together to assassinate Nazi Richard Heydrich (John Carradine). This thing here gets mixed reviews but I found it incredibly slow, boring and just not all that interesting. Carradine delivers a good performance but outside of that everyone else is pretty boring and while the direction shines in a few spots it never really comes full circle. The ending with "we should all rise up" might have packed a punch in 1943 but today it comes off very, very stupid.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 27, 2008
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- Also known as
- Hitler's Hangman
- Filming locations
- Angeles Crest Highway, Angeles National Forest, California, USA(exterior snow scenes)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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