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To Be or Not to Be

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  • Movie
  • 1942
  • NR
  • 1h 39m

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 885 votes

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Overview

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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Cast and crew

  • Carole Lombard

    Carole LombardMaria Tura

  • Jack Benny

    Jack BennyJoseph Tura

  • Robert Stack

    Robert StackLieut. Stanislav Sobinski

  • Felix Bressart

    Felix BressartGreenberg

  • Lionel Atwill

    Lionel AtwillRawitch

  • Stanley Ridges

    Stanley RidgesProfessor Alexander Siletsky

  • Sig Ruman

    Sig RumanCol. Ehrhardt

  • Tom Dugan

    Tom DuganBronski

  • Charles Halton

    Charles HaltonProducer Dobosh

  • George Lynn

    George LynnActor-Adjutant

  • Henry Victor

    Henry VictorCapt. Schultz

  • Maude Eburne

    Maude EburneAnna

  • Halliwell Hobbes

    Halliwell HobbesGen. Armstrong

  • Miles Mander

    Miles ManderMajor Cunningham

  • Rudolph Anders

    Rudolph AndersGestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)

  • Paul BarrettPolish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

  • Sven Hugo Borg

    Sven Hugo BorgGerman Soldier (uncredited)

  • Danny BorzageMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Melchior Lengyel and Edwin Justus Mayer
Music
Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography
Rudolph Maté