---
title: 'Hitler''s Madman (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Douglas Sirk'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hitlers-madman-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036005/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hitler's Madman (1943)

1943 · 84 min · War · United States


## Synopsis

Hitler's Madman is a 1943 World War II drama directed by Douglas Sirk. It is a fictionalized account of the 1942 assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the resulting Lidice massacre, which the Germans committed as revenge. The film stars Patricia Morison and Alan Curtis and features John Carradine as Reinhard Heydrich. The screenplay was written by Peretz Hirschbein, Melvin Levy, and Doris Malloy, from a story by Bart Lytton, with some uncredited contributions by Edgar G. Ulmer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Douglas Sirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-sirk)
- **Screenplay:** [Edgar G. Ulmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-g-ulmer), [Bart Lytton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bart-lytton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Karl Hajos](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hajos)
- **Producer:** [Seymour Nebenzal](https://cinepixo.com/people/seymour-nebenzal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Greenhalgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-greenhalgh)
- **Editor:** [Dan Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-milner-2)

## Cast

- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Carey Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/carey-wilson)
- [Edgar Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-kennedy)
- [Howard Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-freeman)
- [Fred Aldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-aldrich)
- [Frances Rafferty](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-rafferty)
- [Wolfgang Zilzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-zilzer)
- [Al Shean](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-shean)
- [Ava Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-gardner)
- [Johanna Hofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-hofer)
- [Alan Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-curtis-2)
- [Ralph Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-morgan)
- [Patricia Morison](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-morison)
- [Victor Kilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-kilian)
- [Emmett Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-lynn)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hitlers-madman-1943
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3138634); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.