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| HANGMEN ALSO DIE! |
| Title of the Film | HANGMEN ALSO DIE! |
| Alternative Titles | TRUST THE PEOPLE; NEVER SURRENDER; LEST WE FORGET; NO SURRENDER |
| English Titles | |
| Year of Release | 1943 |
| Country of Origin | US |
| Language(s) | English, German |
| Run Time (in minutes) | 134 |
| Length (in meters) | 3690 |
| Colour | b/w |
| Genre | War, drama |
| Based on/Source | Story by Bertolt Brecht |
| Production Companies | Arnold Productions Inc |
| Producer(s) | Arnold Pressburger |
| Director | Fritz Lang |
| Cast | Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Alexander Granach, Tonio Selwart, Reinhold Schünzel, Ludwig Donath, Kurt Kreuger, Otto Reichow, Hans von Morhart, Kurt Neumann, Louis Arco, Fred Essler, Frederic Brunn, Louis Adlon, John Piffle, Rolf Lindau, Hans Schumm, Liesl Valetti, Walter Thiele, Gretl Dupont |
| Literature | Aufbau, 9 April 1943 Aufbau, 16 April 1943 (Manfred George) New York Times, 16 April 1943 The Nation, 1 May 1943 (James Agee) Kinematograph Weekly, 3 June 1943 Jewish Chronicle, 4 June 1943 Times, 7 June 1943 Die Zeitung, 11 June 1943 Punch, 23 June 1943 Picturegoer, 10 July 1943 Filmkritik, July 1975 Screen, Winter 1975/76 Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, October 1998 |
| Special notes | Screenplay: John Wexley; Bert Brecht, Fritz Lang Music: Hanns Eisler Conductor: Arthur Guttmann Assistant director: Fred Pressburger |