Beautifully shot by James Wong Howe and tightly scripted by Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Lang in their only collaboration, this noir-like espionage thriller is set in occupied Czechoslovakia and revolves around the successful plot by Czech resistance fighters to assassinate the Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia “Hangman” Reinhard Heydrich and the hunt by the Gestapo to track down the rebels.

This classic was restored by Cohen Film Collection in collaboration with the BFI and Pinewood Studios, and includes a one-minute sequence not available in the original domestic release.