---
title: 'Hangmen Also Die! (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Lang'
released: '1943-03-23'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hangmen-also-die-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035966/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

1943 · 130 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

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 Academy Award nominated score, and James Wong Howe was cinematographer.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Gene Fowler Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-fowler-jr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hanns Eisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-eisler)
- **Director:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang), [Bertolt Brecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertolt-brecht), [John Wexley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wexley)
- **Producer:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang), [Arnold Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-pressburger)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe)

## Cast

- [Louis V. Arco](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-v-arco)
- [Brian Donlevy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-donlevy)
- [Jonathan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hale)
- [Tonio Selwart](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonio-selwart)
- [Dennis O'Keefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-o-keefe)
- [Walter Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-brennan)
- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Margaret Wycherly](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-wycherly)
- [Dwight Frye](https://cinepixo.com/people/dwight-frye)
- [Nana Bryant](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-bryant)
- [Fritz von Twardowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-von-twardowski)
- [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinrich-von-twardowski)
- [Emmett Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-lynn)
- [Eddy Waller](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddy-waller)
- [William Haade](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-haade)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hangmen-also-die-1943
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