Word: granach
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Died. Alexander Granach, 54, Polish-born stage & screen actor (A Bell for Adano, The Seventh Cross), pre-Hitler German star; following an emergency appendectomy; in Manhattan. He once played the title role in Yiddish in the pioneer anti-Nazi play, Professor Mam-lock, for 300 performances in Poland...
...killing of Hitler's Hangman Reinhard Heydrich by the Czecho-Slovakian underground is the springboard from which Hangmen's characters take their dives. These include a shrewd Gestapo inspector (Alexander Granach) who makes it very tough for Prague's patriotic citizens to hide Heydrich's killer, one Dr. Svoboda (Brian Donlevy); a venerable professor (Walter Brennan) who gives his life to thwart the dastardly inspector; the professor's pretty daughter (Anna Lee) who gives her reputation-to throw the inspector off the scent, she lets herself be discovered in Dr. Svoboda's bedroom...
Ominous is the word for Alexander Granach's performance as a Gestapo bloodhound. The squat, square-headed, muscle-bound sleuth ticks along with the sinister near silence of a clock. He never speaks; his approach is heralded by the patient squeak of his shoes. Actor Granach knew his role well. One of Germany's best actors, but a Jew, he escaped from his country a stride ahead of the real Gestapo...
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