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To Be or Not to Be
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
1942 · Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 99 min · Comedy · War · Romance · 15 frames
Tagline
The Picture Everyone Wants to See
Crew
- Screenplay: Edwin Justus Mayer
- Cinematography: Rudolph Maté
- Edited by: Dorothy Spencer
- Music: Werner R. Heymann
- Production design: Vincent Korda
- Produced by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
- Carole Lombard as Maria Tura
- Jack Benny as Joseph Tura
- Robert Stack as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
- Felix Bressart as Greenberg
- Lionel Atwill as Rawitch
- Stanley Ridges as Professor Alexander Siletsky
- Sig Ruman as Col. Ehrhardt
- Tom Dugan as Bronski
- Charles Halton as Producer Dobosh
- George Lynn as Actor-Adjutant
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, German, French
- Studios: Romaine Film Corporation
- Budget: $1,200,000
- Box office: $1,500,000
- Themes: infidelity, london, england, airplane, nazi, love triangle, espionage, warsaw ghetto, jewish ghetto, polish resistance, parachuting
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