Hitler's Madman
Sensational!
1943 | 84m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Douglas Sirk |
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| Writer: | Emil Ludwig, Melvin Levy, Doris Malloy, Albrecht Joseph, Peretz Hirschbein, Bart Lytton, Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Staring: |
| In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 10, 1943 |
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| Director: | Douglas Sirk |
| Writer: | Emil Ludwig, Melvin Levy, Doris Malloy, Albrecht Joseph, Peretz Hirschbein, Bart Lytton, Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Genres: | War, Drama |
| Keywords | assassination, resistance, world war ii, nazi, czechoslovakia, nazi occupation, czech history, assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942), lidice massacre |
| Production Companies | Angelus Productions, PRC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Patricia Morison | Jarmilla Hanka |
| John Carradine | Reinhardt Heydrich |
| Alan Curtis | Karel Vavra |
| Howard Freeman | Heinrich Himmler |
| Ralph Morgan | Jan Hanka |
| Edgar Kennedy | Nepomuk - the Hermit |
| Ludwig Stössel | Herman Bauer, bugomaster |
| Al Shean | Father Cemlanek |
| Elizabeth Russell | Maria Bartonek - Anton's Wife |
| Jimmy Conlin | Dvorak - the Shopkeeper |
| Ava Gardner | Franciska Pritric (uncredited) |
| Natalie Draper | Julia Petschek |
| Vicky Lane | Student |
| Blanche Yurka | Frau Anna Hanka |
| Nellie Anderson | Old Lady Masaryk (uncredited) |
| Richard Bailey | Anton Bartonek (uncredited) |
| Lester Dorr | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Leatrice Joy Gilbert | Katy Chotnick (uncredited) |
| John Good | |
| Frank Hagney | Engineer (uncredited) |
| Ernst Hauessermann | |
| Johanna Hofer | |
| Betty Jaynes | |
| Victor Kilian | Janek |
| Laurie Lane | |
| Adolf E. Licho | |
| Emmett Lynn | Germak (uncredited) |
| George Lynn | |
| John Merton | |
| Betty Jean Nichols | |
| Richard Nichols | |
| Fred Nurney | |
| Frances Rafferty | Annaliese Cermak (uncredited) |
| Otto Reichow | |
| Lionel Royce | |
| Richard Ryen | |
| Hans Schumm | |
| Richard Talmadge | |
| Sigfrid Tor | |
| Celia Travers | |
| Peter van Eyck | |
| Hans von Morhart | |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | |
| Ben Webster | |
| Wolfgang Zilzer | |
| Roger Moore | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Enrique Acosta | Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Fred Aldrich | German Machine Gunner (uncredited) |
| Louis V. Arco | German Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Wilmer Barnes | Officer (uncredited) |
| Walter Bonn | Military Doctor (uncredited) |
| Chet Brandenburg | Linesman (uncredited) |
| Budd Buster | Conductor (uncredited) |
| Jorja Curtright | Clara Janek (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Dime | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Danny Duncan | Guard (uncredited) |
| Mary Elliott | Anna Parsek (uncredited) |
| Jim Farley | Town Crier (uncredited) |
| Dan Fitzpatrick | Coffin-Bearer (uncredited) |
| Gary Gray | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | Villager (uncredited) |
| Hugh Maguire | Boy (uncredited) |
| Michael Mark | Czech Laborer in Pain (uncredited) |
| Charles Marsh | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Tully Marshall | Teacher (uncredited) |
| Merrill McCormick | Assistant Doctor (uncredited) |
| Ray Miller | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Dennis Moore | Orderly (uncredited) |
| Carl Neubert | 3rd Officer (uncredited) |
| Joe Ploski | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Solvig Smith | Milkmaid (uncredited) |
| Arthur Thalasso | Guard (uncredited) |
| Frank Todd | Coffin-Bearer (uncredited) |
| Sam Waagenaar | Sentry (uncredited) |
| Carey Wilson | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward Willens | Art Direction |
| Emil Ludwig | Story |
| Eugen Schüfftan | Director of Photography |
| Melvin Levy | Writer |
| Doris Malloy | Writer |
| Jack Greenhalgh | Director of Photography |
| Fred Preble | Art Direction |
| Albrecht Joseph | Story |
| Peretz Hirschbein | Writer |
| Bart Lytton | Novel |
| Dan Milner | Editor |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | Music |
| Douglas Sirk | Director |
| Edgar G. Ulmer | Writer, Production Design |
| Nathaniel Shilkret | Music |
| Karl Hajos | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |
| Rudolf S. Joseph | Associate Producer |
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