ID

FBW000488      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942-1943

Original Title

Hitler's Madman / Hitler'S Hangman

Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Produced by

Angelus Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) (Loew's, Inc.), Culver City, CA (New York, NY)

Staff

Producer: Rudolph S. Joseph; Executive producer: Seymour Nebenzahl (als: Seymour Nebenzal); Location manager: Edgar G. Ulmer; Assistent director: Melville De Lay; Script: Peretz Hirshbein, Melvin Levy, Doris Malloy (Based on a story by Emil Ludwig, Albrecht Joseph, and the story "Hangmen's Village" by Bart Lytton); Based on: Emil Ludwig, Albrecht Joseph, Bart Lytton ('Hangmen's Village'); Camera: Eugen Schüfftan (als: Eugen Schufftan) (credit: Technische Leitung); Cameraman: Jack Greenhalgh; Editing: Dan Milner; Sound: Percy Townsend, W. Mack Dalgleish; Art direction: Fred Preble, Edward Willens, Edgar G. Ulmer; Technical consultant: Felix Bernstein, Paul Elbogen; Music: Karl Hajos

Cast

John Carradine (Heydrich); Patricia Morison (Jarmila); Alan Curtis (Karel); Howard Freeman (Himmler); Ralph Morgan (Hanka); Ludwig Stoessel (als: Ludwig Stossel) (Mayor Bauer); Edgar Kennedy (Nepomuk); Al Shean (Priest); Elizabeth Russell (Maria); Jorja Rollins (Clara Janek); Jimmy Conlin (Dvorak); Blanche Yurka (Mrs. Hanka); Victor Kilian (Janek); Johanna Hofer (Mrs. Bauer); Wolfgang Zilzer (Colonel); Tully Marshall (Teacher); Ava Gardner (Katy Chotnik); Frances Rafferty (Eliza Cormak); Betty Jaynes; Celia Travers (Nurse); Lionel Royce; Dennis Moore (Orderly); Lester Dorr (Sergeant); Budd Buster (Conductor); Richard Talmadge (Chauffeur); Chet Brandenberg (Linesman); Ernst Hausman; Natalie Draper (Julia Petschek); Ernst Haeussermann (als: Ernst Hausmann) (Sentry); Sam Waagenaar (Sentries); Lore Mosheim; Peter Van Eyck; Hans von Morhart; Richard Ryen; Otto Reichow; Adolf Edgar Licho; Fred Nurney; Lutz Altschul (als: Louis V. Arco); Walter Bonn; Lisl Valetti

Length

84'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 00.1942: Shooting period
- 00 Nov 1942: Shooting period
- 00 May 1943-22 May 1943: Shooting period
- 00 May 1943-22 May 1943: Shooting period
- 10 Jun 1943: Preview, Culver City, CA (Studio)
- 00 Aug 1943: Premiere
- 17 Aug 1943: Copyright
- 27 Aug 1943: Release date, New York, NY (Rialto)

Remarks

1. Als "The Hangman" von Seymour Nebenzahl/Angelus Pictures, Inc. unabhängig (Drehzeit: November 1942) produziert; nach Übernahme durch MGM (zusätzl. Drehzeit: Mai 1943) fertiggestellt u. umbenannt.

Further Remarks

- Studioaufnahmen: Fine Arts Studios, Santa Monica; MGM, Culver City

Abstract

A Czech officer educated in England appeals to the citizens of Lidice to resist the Nazis. Together they assassinate Reinhard Heydrich.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US); Assassination; England; Lidice; National Socialists; Czechs; Czech Republic; Resistance

Bibliography

- Strauss, Theodore (als: T.S.): , in: The New York Times, 28.08.1943
- -r-: "Hitler’s Madman", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 9, Nr. 39, 24.09.1943
- Ludwig, Emil: "Erfahrungen mit 'Hitler's Madman'", in: Aufbau (New York, NY), Jg. 9, Nr. 41, 08.10.1943
- Schwab, Lothar (Red.): Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland. Wolgang Zilzer (Paul Andor), Bd. 6, Berlin/West: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1983
- Horak, Jan-Christopher: Anti-Nazi-Filme der deutschsprachigen Emigration von Hollywood 1939-1945. Münster: Maks, 1984
- Horak, Jan-Christopher: "Widerstand und Faschsimus im Anti-Nazifilm Hollywoods: Douglas Sirks 'Hitler's Madman' und Fritz Langs 'Hangmen Also Die'", in: Filmbeschreibungen, Wulff, Hans J. (Hg.), Münster: Maks, 1985
- Schleif, Helma (Red.): Berlin und das Kino. Berlin/West: Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek, 1987
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987