Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS*** The second movie- The other "Hangmen also Die"- out of Hollywood in 1943 about the massacre of the people, Men 16 and over, of the Czech town of Lidice in the spring of 1942 by the Nazis. That in retaliation for the assassination of the country's Reich Protector Reinhard "Hangman" Heydrich, John Carradine, who was fatally injured-he died a few days later- by Czech resistant fighters lead by British based local boy Karel Vavra, Alan Curtis. Heydrich for his part was really asking for it in how he treated the local Czech population with total disrespect for their men, who more or less put up with it, and especially the women whom he treated like they were street hookers. Always trying to outdo himself and get the Czechs to hate him even more then they already do, if that's at all possible, Heydrich guns down the local priest Father Cemlanek, Al Shean, who mildly protested his actions against the Catholic Church. This action by the "Hangman" finally got the Czech population to wake up and plan to do Heyderich in the first chance they got to get a crack or shot at him. This was when he was driving through the countryside in his armor plated Mercedes totally unprotected by his Gestapo goons. As he's dying from his wounds from an ambush Heydrich is promised by his boss SS chief Heinrich Himmler,Howard Freeman,that he'll have the nearest Czech village-Lidice-to his assassin site wiped off the map to show the world that he means business.****SPOILERS**** We've seen it all before as well as since with the Germans acting like the movie calls them "Madmen" in wiping out the entire village of Lidice for the death of just one man whom almost all those in the tragic village had nothing at all to do with. As for the dying Heydrich he seems to have a vision of things to come, the complete defeat of Nazi Germany,by telling Himmler that he'll soon suffer, together with Hitler & Co., the same fate he's soon to suffer. As history showed Himmler was to kill himself less the three years later on May 23, 1945 by swallowing a vile of poison hidden in his mouth while in the custody of the British Army. P.S Check out a young 21 year old Ave Gardner as one of the young Czech women who were to be sent to the Russian Front by Hydreich to "entertain" the German troops!

mark.waltz Real monsters really existed, and while Dracula, Bluebeard and all those mad doctors were nefarious, none were as evil as the Nazi leader he plays here, thriving on the misery of the Czech's in this quaint village. No non-Nazi escapes from his inhumane treatment, and with pleasure, he has a priest shot, drives a young girl to suicide (and then mocks her choice for freedom), and sends innocent men to the Russian front. But like others in occupied Europe, the people stand up and take matters into their own hands. As history has shown, the Nazi's won many battles, but ultimately lost the war and their immortal souls.As I scream "Die, Nazi, die!" one more time at a viewing of this as the villains get what they deserve (wishing it was nastier and slow and painful), this elaborate propaganda film shows the atrocities. Filmed by the low budget PRC but released by MGM's B unit to give it bigger build- up, this has so much going for it. Future Broadway legend Patricia Morison is a fine young heroine who refuses to back down from teaching youngsters the Czech national anthem, while Ralph Morgan is outstanding as her father who takes things into his hands.Ludwig Stossel, a Nazi victim in "All Through the Night" plays a traitor to his own people and pays for his crimes against humanity. The legendary dramatic stage actress Blanche Yurka has several key scenes as a town matron, but is surprisingly unbilled. Every role is cast perfectly, and the technical achievements are brilliant as well. As directed by a young Douglas Sirk, this ranks as one of the great world war II anti-Nazi films that reminds us that the fascists of the world will pay one way or another, yet the world never seems to learn that lesson.

jlthornb51 As poetically dark as the poem recited throughout, this is a motion picture that should be studied and reflected upon for many generations to come. We must never forget. Lidice by Edna St. Vincent Millay is powerfully incorporated into the drama as the assassination of the brutal monster, Reinhard Heydrich is recounted and the subsequent murderous destruction of the town of Lidice exposed. The diabolical evilness of Heydrich is blood chillingly brought to the screen by director Douglas Sirk in his first Hollywood film after fleeing the Nazis himself. While the use of the stunning poem and the direction are superb, no film or actor could possibly convey what happened during this time and do justice to its under barbarous criminality and hellishness. This film is indeed a sincere and moving attempt to do so and while doomed to failure by the enormity of the horror it must bring to the screen, it succeeds in bringing the tragic story of Lidice's destruction to a wide audience. However, neither that terrible event nor the sickening, pure evil of Heydrich and the Nazis can ever be captured on celluloid.

RanchoTuVu An interesting movie that does not do much to inspire the viewer through its portrayal of the Czech resistance, though they face a grim ending, but definitely catches the interest in the portrayal of Nazi brutality through the part played by John Carradine as Reich Protector Heydrich, who routinely had people shot in order to maintain a level of fear and control. The characterizations of the townspeople are too quaint for this subject, but they (the townspeople) do catch on as Carradine's brutality increases, with the most memorable scene being when he and his men take over a philosophy class, in a scene that manages to get fairly intense. If it were just up to Alan Curtis to carry the film as Karel Vavra, the film would fall into a dark pit of boredom, since within any resistance movement there is always collaborators within families that need to be killed. Those characters are all left out, and so the drama quotient is not very intense. Nonetheless, Carradine's Heydrich is definitely worth watching.