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To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

1942 99 min ★ 7.8 Comedy, War, Romance

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

Carole Lombard

Maria Tura

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Joseph Tura

Robert Stack

Robert Stack

Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

Greenberg

Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill

Rawitch

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

Professor Alexander Siletsky

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

Col. Ehrhardt

Tom Dugan

Tom Dugan

Bronski

Charles Halton

Charles Halton

Producer Dobosh

George Lynn

George Lynn

Actor-Adjutant

Details

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Screenplay

Edwin Justus Mayer

Tagline

"The Picture Everyone Wants to See"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,200,000

Revenue

$1,500,000

Production

Romaine Film Corporation

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

January 11, 2026

★ 7/10

So, a Polish acting company are busy putting on “Hamlet” whilst the Nazis are preparing something altogether more menacing across the border. “Joseph” (Jack Benny) and wife “Maria” (Carole Lombard) are the stars of the show, and she has no shortage of admirers including an air force officer “Sobieski” (Robert Stack) who bravely decamps to the UK following the invasion to join the RAF. Rather fooli...

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