Hitler's Madman (1943)
3.4 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 24min
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- Synopsis:
Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows) makes his American directorial debut in this powerful wartime thriller starring John Carradine, Alan Curtis and Patricia Morison. Parachuting near the occupied village of Lidice, Czech soldier Karel Vavra (Curtis) recruits saboteurs in the fight against the Nazis. Determined to end the resistance, Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich (Carradine) murders priests, closes schools and forces the female students to "entertain" German soldiers. Incensed by the atrocities, Vavra and the partisans plot to assassinate Heydrich, an act of reprisal that will ensure Lidice's fate through the hands of Reichsführer Himmler. Independently produced by German expatriates and powered by Sirk's distinctive visual style, 'Hitler's Madman' is one of the rare outside films acquired by M-G-M, a superior B-movie that captures the harrowing events that took place in Lidice on June 10, 1942. - Actors:
- Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman, Ralph Morgan, Edgar Kennedy, Ludwig Stössel, Al Shean, Elizabeth Russell, Jimmy Conlin, Enrique Acosta, Fred Aldrich, Nellie Anderson, Louis V. Arco, Richard Bailey, Wilmer Barnes, Walter Bonn, Chet Brandenburg, Budd Buster, Jorja Curtright
- Directors:
- Douglas Sirk
- Producers:
- Seymour Nebenzal
- Writers:
- Peretz Hirschbein, Albrecht Joseph, Melvin Levy, Emil Ludwig, Bart Lytton, Doris Malloy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Edgar G. Ulmer
- Aka:
- The Hangman
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- British WWII Films: The Home Front and Europe, Top 10 British War Films (1939-45)
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