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)
Featured review
This is one of those little typical WW II allied propaganda-flicks, made during WW II. It's rather simplistic and cheap looking all but its all enough to still make this movie a good watch, of course especially when you're a fan of the genre. Of course the biggest problem with this movie now days is its propaganda undertone that can be basically seen back in every sequence of the movie. Cowards become heroes and bad men turn into good ones. It makes the movie a bit ridicules and not always credible enough to watch now days but it's a part of the time period the movie got made in. The story itself is quite interesting on its won right but you feel it deserved a better and more fair and closer to the truth treatment. Who knows, maybe filmmakers will pick up this story once again and give it the treatment it really deserves and making it the great movie that this movie in potential could had also been. None of the actors really known to impress within this movie but John Carradine still manages to push the movie to greater heights with his role of Nazi SS commander. It's a movie worth watching due to its main story but it's production values and acting make this movie also far from a great or impressive one. 6/10
- Boba_Fett1138
- May 22, 2009
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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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Box office
- Budget
- $300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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