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[[Image: LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lugar P08]] | [[Image: LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Lugar P08]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen13_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber confronts Dr. Franticek Svoboda / Karel Vanek .]] | [[Image:hangmen13_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber confronts Dr. Franticek Svoboda / Karel Vanek .]] | ||
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Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a [[MP40]]. | == Thompson submachine gun== | ||
Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a [[Thompson]] submachine guns mocked up as [[MP40]]. | |||
[[Image: Colt_1921A_Thompson.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt M1921A Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP]] | |||
[[Image: MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|350px|MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:hangmen3_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Schutzstaffel protect Gestapo headquarters and the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski).]] | [[Image:hangmen3_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Schutzstaffel protect Gestapo headquarters and the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski).]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen15_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber searches Dr. Franticek Svoboda / Karel Vanek’s apartment.]] | [[Image:hangmen15_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber searches Dr. Franticek Svoboda / Karel Vanek’s apartment.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen19_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:hangmen19_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Note the Thompson's bolt actuator on top of the receiver in this shot. The length of the of the barrel is also longer than that of a real MP40.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen21_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:hangmen21_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
==Gewehr | |||
Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a [[Gewehr | ==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ||
[[Image: | Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]]. | ||
[[Image: Mauser_g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | |||
[[Image:hangmen2_sm.jpg|thumb|500px| none |Schutzstaffel forces protect Gestapo headquarters and the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich.]] | [[Image:hangmen2_sm.jpg|thumb|500px| none |Schutzstaffel forces protect Gestapo headquarters and the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen24_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
[[Image:hangmen4_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Schutzstaffel forces search for the assassin, hiding in the dark.]] | [[Image:hangmen4_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Schutzstaffel forces search for the assassin, hiding in the dark.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen5_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Schutzstaffel forces question eyewitnesses.]] | [[Image:hangmen5_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Schutzstaffel forces question eyewitnesses.]] | ||
Revision as of 00:56, 11 March 2013
Hangmen Also Die! is a largely forgotten masterpiece directed by Fritz Lang (M, The Big Heat, Metropolis) and co-written with Bertolt Brecht, the great German writer’s only film screenplay. Starring Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart, and Alexander Granach, the film is a fictional account of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia and “Butcher of Prague,” and the German retaliation against the Czech people. Released during the war, the story suggests that the assassination was the work of the Czech Communist Party, when in fact and unknown at the time, the assassination was arranged by British and Czech secret services. The film’s heroic portrayal of Czech communists and Brecht’s own socialist sympathies, which landed him on Hollywood’s black-list, helped relegate this film to the dusty shelves of the studio. Kino Cinema helped restore the film to its rightful place in the canon of Lang’s great pictures.
The following weapons were used in the film Hangmen Also Die!:
Mauser Pocket Pistol
Throughout the film, Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber (Alexander Granach) carries a 1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol.
Luger P08
Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a Luger P08.
Thompson submachine gun
Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a Thompson submachine guns mocked up as MP40.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a Mauser Gewehr 1898.
