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To Be or Not to Be

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1942 · NR · 1h 39m

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

7.8

TMDB audience score
883 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Carole Lombard
    Maria Tura

  • Jack Benny
    Joseph Tura

  • Robert Stack
    Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

  • Felix Bressart
    Greenberg

  • Lionel Atwill
    Rawitch

  • Stanley Ridges
    Professor Alexander Siletsky

  • Sig Ruman
    Col. Ehrhardt

  • Tom Dugan
    Bronski

  • Charles Halton
    Producer Dobosh

  • George Lynn
    Actor-Adjutant

  • Henry Victor
    Capt. Schultz

  • Maude Eburne
    Anna

  • Halliwell Hobbes
    Gen. Armstrong

  • Miles Mander
    Major Cunningham

  • Rudolph Anders
    Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)

  • Paul Barrett
    Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

  • Sven Hugo Borg
    German Soldier (uncredited)

  • Danny Borzage
    Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)