7.8
“The Picture Everyone Wants to See”
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
March 6, 19421h 39mEN
7.8
828 votes
Overview
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director
Ernst LubitschWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$1.2M
Revenue
$1.5M
Production Companies
Romaine Film Corporation
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7.0So, a Polish acting company are busy putting on “Hamlet” whilst the Nazis are preparing something altogether more menacing across the border. “Joseph” (Jack Benny) and wife “Maria” (Carole Lombard) are the stars of the show, and she has no shortage of admirers including an air force officer “Sobieski” (Robert Stack) who bravely decamps to the UK following the invasion to join the RAF. Rather foolishly, as it turns out, the enthusiastic young “Sobieski” confides some highly confidential information about the resistance to fellow citizen “Prof. Siletski” (Stanley Ridges) who is about to return h…
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