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Carole Lombard | Maria Tura | |
Jack Benny | Joseph Tura | |
Robert Stack | Lt. Stanislav Sobinski | |
Felix Bressart | Greenberg | |
Lionel Atwill | Rawitch | |
Stanley Ridges | Prof. Alexander Siletsky | |
Sig Ruman | Col. Ehrhardt | |
Tom Dugan | Bronski | |
Charles Halton | Dobosh, Theatrical Producer | |
George Lynn | Actor Playing Hitler's Adjutant, et al. | |
Henry Victor | Capt. Schultz | |
Maude Eburne | Anna | |
Halliwell Hobbes | Gen. Armstrong | |
Miles Mander | Major Cunningham |
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Producer | Ernst Lubitsch
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Writer | Ernst Lubitsch
Edwin Justus Meyer Melchior Lengyel Edwin Justus Mayer |
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Cinematography | Rudolph Maté
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Musician | Werner R. Heymann
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The world is on the brink of war but the show must go on. So Joseph Tura, the Polish actor who put the ham in Hamlet, stares beyond the footlights and says: "To Be or Not to Be..." That is the question, as well as the classic in which director Ernst Lubitsch, whose witty "Lubitsch touch" had stylishly lampooned sex and wealth, now took on a new target: Nazism. The story centers on a Warsaw theatrical troupe that outwits Nazi occupiers by playing the roles of (and for) their lives. Jack Benny stars as Tura, underplaying hilariously. In her final role, Carole Lombard is zany and radiant as his alluring wife. Typical of Lubitsch, a gem-sprinkled ensemble has opportunities to shine. No question: watching this To Be is to be gloriously entertained! |
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