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To Be or Not to Be

"The Picture Everyone Wants to See"

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NR 1942 · 1h 39m
Comedy, Romance, War
Starring Carole Lombard · Jack Benny · Robert Stack
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Theatrical
Mar 6, 1942
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 1, 2005
Box Office
$1.5M
Budget
$1.2M
Return
1.3x
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writers
Melchior Lengyel, Edwin Justus Mayer
Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
Music
Werner R. Heymann
Studio
Romaine Film Corporation
Keywords
love triangle london, england infidelity world war ii warsaw ghetto polish resistance jewish ghetto nazi airplane parachuting espionage dark comedy military officer black and white adolf hitler gay theme theater dramatic romantic
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Cast

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C
Carole Lombard
Maria Tura
J
Jack Benny
Joseph Tura
R
Robert Stack
Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
F
Felix Bressart
Greenberg
L
Lionel Atwill
Rawitch
S
Stanley Ridges
Professor Alexander Siletsky
S
Sig Ruman
Col. Ehrhardt
T
Tom Dugan
Bronski
C
Charles Halton
Producer Dobosh
G
George Lynn
Actor-Adjutant
H
Henry Victor
Capt. Schultz
M
Maude Eburne
Anna
H
Halliwell Hobbes
Gen. Armstrong
M
Miles Mander
Major Cunningham
R
Rudolph Anders
Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)
P
Paul Barrett
Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)
S
Sven Hugo Borg
German Soldier (uncredited)
D
Danny Borzage
Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
B
Buster Brodie
Townsman (uncredited)
P
Peter Caldwell
Wilhelm Kunze (uncredited)

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A Darkly Humorous Exchange Between Characters
Joseph Tura I can't tell you how delighted we are to have you here.
[disguised as Colonel Ehrhardt]
Siletsky May I say, my dear Colonel, that it's good to breathe the air of the Gestapo again. You know, you're quite famous in London, Colonel. They call you Concentration Camp Ehrhardt.
Joseph Tura Ha ha. Yes, yes... we do the concentrating and the Poles do the camping.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Misunderstandings in a Troubled Relationship
Joseph Tura It's unbelievable! Unbelievable! I come home to find a man in the same boat with me and my wife says to me, "What does it matter?
Sobinski But, Mr. Tura, it's the zero hour'.
Maria Tura You certainly don't want me to waste a lot of time giving you a long explanation.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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