To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- 8.3
- 1h 39min
- Comedy, War
- 1942-03-06 (USA)
Storyline
In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. A spy has information which would be very damaging to the Polish resistance and they must prevent it's being delivered to the Germans.
Plot Keywords
screwball comedy, poland, world war two, autograph, backstage, beard, bookstore, corpse, decoy, double agent, espionage, flashback, flirting, suicide attempt, airplane, title spoken by character, british intelligence, sabotage, infidelity, gestapo
Short Review
It isn't, I am sorry to say, Lubitsch's most intriguing comedy, nor is it the best of Jack Benny vehicles, but it will do until another buggy comes along.
Trailer
Streaming Service
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