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Title Hangmen also die! / Arnold Pressburger presents ; screenplay by John Wexley ; produced and directed by Fritz Lang.

Publication Info. [New York, N.Y.] : Cohen Media Group, [2014]
Port Washington, NY : Entertainment One Film USA LLC
©2014

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 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD HANGMEN ALSO DIE    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
digital optical Dolby digital 2.0 rda
NTSC rda
video file DVD video rda
Series Cohen film collection
Cohen film collection.
System Details DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Cast Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart, Dennis O'Keefe, Alexander Granach.
Credits Director of photography, James Wong Howe ; editor, Gene Fowler, Jr. ; music, Hanns Eisler ; adaptation and original story, Bert Brecht, Fritz Lang.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1943.
Restored in 2012 by the Restoration Department Pinewood Studios UK.
1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Summary Prague 1942. Following the assassination of Nazi "Reich Protector" Heydrich, Masha Novotny, a professor's daughter, hides the culprit in her parents' apartment. When the Gestapo take 400 people hostage in retaliation, Masha's father is among those arrested. The assassin, surgeon Dr. Svoboda, manages to escape. As they search for him the Gestapo also train their sights on Masha.
Note Special features: a 2014 commentary soundtrack with Richard Peña; Story of a hangman: Robert Gerwath on Reinhard Heydrich (2014); 1942 German newsreel; Restoration before and after comparison; 2014 theatrical re-release trailer.
Audience Rating: Not rated.
Language In English with some German; optional English subtitles.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
Germans -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
Anti-Nazi movement -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Drama.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Anti-Nazi movement. (OCoLC)fst00810297
Germans. (OCoLC)fst00942100
Underground movements, War. (OCoLC)fst01355184
Czech Republic -- Prague. (OCoLC)fst01205207
Czechoslovakia. (OCoLC)fst01212490
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form War films.
Historical films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Film noir.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
Film noir. (OCoLC)fst01710306
Historical films. (OCoLC)fst01710314
Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
War films. (OCoLC)fst01710402
Added Author Wexley, John, 1907-1985, screenwriter.
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, film director, film producer.
Pressburger, Arnold, 1885-1951, presenter.
Donlevy, Brian, actor.
Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974, actor.
Lee, Anna, 1913-2004, actor.
Cohen Media Group, publisher.
E1 Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.
Standard No. 741952739890
ISBN 1417239328
9781417239320
Music No. CMG-DV-7398 Cohen Media Group
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