1942 1h 39m Ernst Lubitsch

To Be or Not to Be

Name: To Be or Not to Be
Genre: Comedy, Made in Europe, Romance, War & Military
Released: 1942
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart

★ 8.1 IMDb

Comedy Made in Europe Romance War & Military

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Writer Edwin Justus Mayer

Cast Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart

DP Rudolph Maté

Production Designer Julia Heron

Music Werner R. Heymann

Essays and Criticism

On Ernst Lubitsch

Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairy Tales, Melodramas & Sex Comedies (Web Exclusive) by David Sterritt, Cineaste Retrospective Ernst Lubitsch: King of Comedy By Edouard Waintrop by Edouard Waintrop, FIPRESCI

In conversation with other films

Translation | Jean Eustache on Ernst Lubitsch by Peter Goldberg, MUBI Notebook

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

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