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.
Writing | John Wexley | Screenplay |
Production | Fritz Lang | Producer |
Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Original Story |
Writing | Fritz Lang | Original Story |
Directing | Fritz Lang | Director |
Camera | James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
Writing | Fritz Lang | Adaptation |
Production | Arnold Pressburger | Producer |
Sound | Arnold Pressburger | Music |
Writing | Bertolt Brecht | Adaptation |
Editing | Gene Fowler Jr. | Editor |
Art | William S. Darling | Art Direction |
Sound | Hanns Eisler | Music |
Production | Carley Harriman | Production Manager |
Directing | Walter Mayo | Assistant Director |
Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Robert Stephanoff | Makeup Artist |
Camera | Ned Scott | Still Photographer |
Costume & Make-Up | Eleanor Behm | Costume Design |
Directing | Fred Pressburger | Assistant Director |
Sound | Fred Lau | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Jack Whitney | Sound Recordist |