To Be or Not to Be(Movie, 1942)

Name: To Be or Not to Be
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1942
Duration: T01:39:00
Rating: 4

1h 39min | Genres: Comedy, War

Rating: 4.0/5 (with 286 votes)

To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Carole Lombard and Jack Benny, and featuring Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges and Sig Ruman. The plot concerns a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. It was adapted by Lubitsch (uncredited) and Edwin Justus Mayer from the story by Melchior Lengyel. The film was released one month after actress Carole Lombard was killed in an airplane crash. In 1996... ()

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Awards & Nominations for To Be or Not to Be

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About To Be or Not to Be

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

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To Be or Not to Be (1942) - Trailer(Trailer, 1:21)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Poland

Derivative works/Adaptions: "To Be or Not to Be" (movie, 1983)

Made by: United Artists

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)

Translated into 25 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/06/1942 (World premiere: 03/05/1942)

Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Sig Ruman, Lionel Atwill, Alec Craig, Helmut Dantine, Jimmy Finlayson, Halliwell Hobbes, Stanley Ridges, Charles Halton, Miles Mander, Frank Reicher, Charles Irwin, George Lynn, Henry Victor, Wolfgang Zilzer, Maude Eburne, Rudolph Anders, John Kellogg

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Producer: Ernst Lubitsch

Screenwriter: Edwin Justus Mayer

Film Editor: Dorothy Spencer

Director of Photography: Rudolph Maté

Composer: Werner R. Heymann

Production Designer: Julia Heron

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Sein oder Nichtsein"

"At være eller ikke være"

"Ser o no ser"

"Jeux dangereux"

"Να ζει κανείς ή να μη ζει"

"Vogliamo vivere!"

"生きるべきか死ぬべきか"

"사느냐 죽느냐"

"죽느냐 사느냐"

"Być albo nie być"

"Ser ou Não Ser"

"A fi sau a nu fi"

"Att vara eller icke vara"

"Быть или не быть"

Keywords: espionage, warsaw ghetto, parachuting, military officer, jewish ghetto, nazi, polish resistance, airplane, dark comedy, world war ii, love triangle, infidelity, london, england, gay

Budget: 1,200,000 USD

Revenue: 1,500,000 USD (= 125%)

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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To Be or Not to Be(Movie, 1942)

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