1956Winner
Best Performance
Night and Fog
Reinhard Heydrich
Actor
Halle an der Saale, Germany
March 7, 1904
Biography
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich, also known as The Hangman, was a high-ranking German Nazi official. He was SS Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, chief of the Reich Main Security Office and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia. In August 1940, he was appointed and served as President of Interpol. Heydrich chaired the 1942 Wannsee Conference, which discussed plans for the deportation and extermination of all Jews in German-occupied territory. In Operation Anthropoid, he was attacked in Prague on May 27, 1942, by British-trained Slovak and Czech agents. He died approximately one week later due to his injuries.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1977Nominee
Best Performance
Hitler: A Career
1949Nominee
Best Performance
Distant Journey
Career Highlights
2002Highlight
Best Performance
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2017Highlight
Best Performance
Dawn of the Nazis
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Night and Fog
Hitler: A Career
Distant Journey