On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only comparitively successful Hollywood project; the money he received allowed him to write "The Visions of Simone Marchand", "Schwyk in the Second World War" and his adaptation of Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi". Hanns Eisler won an Academy Award for his musical score.

Starring:

Albin Robeling, Alexander Granach, Anna Lee, Arno Frey, Arthur Loft, Betty Farrington, Brian Donlevy, Bryn Davis, Bud Jamison, Byron Foulger, Carl Neubert, Carl Stockdale, Charles Middleton, Chester Conklin, Claire McDowell, Crane Whitley, David Durand, Dennis O'Keefe, Dwight Frye, Earle S Dewey, Eddie Kane, Eddy Waller, Edith Conrad, Edmund MacDonald,

Genre:

Drama, War