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To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be (1942)★ 8.4/10

Approved · US · 99 min · February 19, 1942

  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • War

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch

Written by: Melchior Lengyel, Edwin Justus Mayer, Ernst Lubitsch

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, a group of actors becomes involved in the efforts of a Polish soldier to find a german spy.

Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Written by

Melchior LengyelEdwin Justus MayerErnst Lubitsch

Cast & crew

Carole LombardMaria TuraJack BennyJoseph TuraRobert StackLieutenant Stanislav SobinskiFelix BressartGreenbergLionel AtwillRawitchStanley RidgesProfessor SiletskySig RumanColonel EhrhardtTom DuganBronskiCharles HaltonProducer Jan DoboszGeorge LynnActor-AdjutantHenry VictorCaptain SchultzMaude EburneAnnaHalliwell HobbesGeneral ArmstrongMiles ManderMajor CunninghamRudolph AndersGestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)Paul BarrettPolish RAF Pilot (uncredited)Sven Hugo BorgGerman Soldier (uncredited)Danny BorzageMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)Buster BrodieTownsman (uncredited)Peter CaldwellWilhelm Kunze (uncredited)Alec CraigScottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)Helmut DantineCo-Pilot (uncredited)Jack DeeryMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)Leslie DenisonCaptain (uncredited)James FinlaysonScottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)Bess FlowersPolish RAF Pilot's Assistant (uncredited)James GillettePolish RAF Pilot (uncredited)Stuart HallMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)Leyland HodgsonSecond Reporter (uncredited)Shep HoughtonGerman Soldier (uncredited)Olaf HyttenPolonius in Warsaw (uncredited)Charles IrwinReporter (uncredited)Tiny JonesTownswoman (uncredited)John KelloggPolish RAF Flyer (uncredited)Adolf E. LichoPrompter (uncredited)Wilbur MackMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)John MeredithEnglish Wireless Operator (uncredited)Maurice MurphyPolish RAF Pilot (uncredited)Richard NeillWarsaw Bystander (uncredited)Russ PowellWarsaw Bystander (uncredited)Frank ReicherPolish Official (uncredited)Otto ReichowCo-Pilot (uncredited)Gene RizziPolish RAF Pilot (uncredited)John RoyMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)Hans SchummSpecial Investigations Squad (uncredited)Stephen SoldiWarsaw Bystander (uncredited)Count StefenelliMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)Roland VarnoPilot (uncredited)Ernö VerebesStage Manager (uncredited)Dorothy VernonMember of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)Armand 'Curly' WrightMakeup Man (uncredited)Wolfgang ZilzerMan in Bookstore (uncredited)