The shot heard 'round the world!
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Brian DonlevyDr. Franticek Svoboda
- Walter BrennanProf. Stephen Novotny
- Anna LeeMasha Novotny
- Gene LockhartEmil Czaka
- Dennis O'KeefeJan Horak
- Margaret WycherlyLudmilla Novotny
- Nana BryantMrs. Hellie Novotny
- William RoyBoda Novotny
- Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiReinhard Heydrich
- Alexander GranachGestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- John WexleyScreenplay
- James Wong HoweDirector of Photography
- Gene Fowler Jr.Editor
- Fritz LangProducer
- Arnold PressburgerProducer
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