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To Be or Not to Be(Movie, 1983)

1h 47min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 90 votes)

To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer. The film is a remake of the 1942 film of the same name. ()

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Awards & Nominations for To Be or Not to Be

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

About To Be or Not to Be

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Poland

Based on: "To Be or Not to Be" (movie, 1942)

Made by: Brooksfilms, 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Polish (PL)

Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 12/16/1983

Cast: Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Tim Matheson, Christopher Lloyd, José Ferrer, George Gaynes, Curt Lowens, Earl Boen, George Wyner, Henry Brandon, Henry Kaiser, Ivor Barry, Jack Riley, John Francis, Max Brooks, Paddi Edwards, Ronny Graham, Terence Marsh

Director: Alan Johnson

Producer: Mel Brooks

Screenwriter: Ronny Graham

Film Editor: Alan Balsam

Director of Photography: Gerald Hirschfeld

Composer: John Morris

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

"Essere o non essere"

"사느냐 죽느냐"

"Det våras för Hamlet"

"Mel Brooks' To Be or Not to Be"

Keywords: gay, parody, world war ii, polish stereotype, remake

Budget: 9,000,000 USD

Revenue: 13,030,214 USD (= 145%)

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Other movies with this title: To Be or Not to Be (US, 1942), To Be or Not to Be (IR, 1998)

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