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To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 American black comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Carole Lombard and Jack Benny, and featuring Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges and Sig Ruman.
To Be or Not to Be: Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. With Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart. During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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- Comedy, Romance, War
- Ernst Lubitsch
- 1942-03-06
To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer.
In Warsaw, Poland, during August, 1939, actors at the Theatre Polsky rehearse their new play , about the Nazi regime in Germany. When a question arises over the authenticity of actor Bronski's portrayal of Adolph Hitler, Germany's führer, Bronski goes into the public square to gauge public reaction. Hitler's apparent arrival in town causes a ...
To Be or Not to Be. Acting couple Joseph (Jack Benny) and Maria Tura (Carole Lombard) are managing a theatrical troupe when the Nazis invade Poland. Maria is having an affair with...
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- Carole Lombard
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Comedy
To Be or Not to Be is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production right before the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled.
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Comedy. 107 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1983. Roger Ebert. December 16, 1983. 3 min read. It’s an old gag, the one about the actor who is always interrupted in the middle of Hamlet’s soliloquy by a guy in the third row who has to go to the john and loudly excuses himself all the way to the end of the row.
