Top billed cast

1. 

   Brian Donlevy

   Dr. Franticek Svoboda

2. 

   Walter Brennan

   Prof. Stephen Novotny

3. 

   Anna Lee

   Masha Novotny

4. 

   Gene Lockhart

   Emil Czaka

5. 

   Dennis O'Keefe

   Jan Horak

6. 

   Margaret Wycherly

   Ludmilla Novotny

7. 

   Nana Bryant

   Mrs. Hellie Novotny

8. 

   William Roy

   Boda Novotny

9. 

   Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

   Reinhard Heydrich

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-26

Fritz Lang has assembled a really solid cast for this depiction of the Nazi terror inflicted on the Czech people after they decided to rid themselves of their German overlord Reinhard Heydrich. That historical event happens pretty early on, allowing us to focus on just how brutal the regime was, and on just how courageous those left were by continuing to oppose their oppressors despite some fairly arbitrary methods of retribution. The assassin must find shelter, evade detection and learn whom to trust as he watches those around him suffer - regardless of any guilt. Probably my favourite perfor...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• assassination
• nazi
• hostage
• resistance
• world war ii
• surgeon
• czechoslovakia
• prague, czech republic
• gestapo
• double cross
• nazi occupation
• assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942)
• lidice massacre