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To Be or Not to Be full movie is released on Mar 06, 1942. Watch To Be or Not to Be online - the English Comedy movie from United States , which has achieved a worldwide gross of $4,578,000. To Be or Not to Be is directed by Ernst Lubitsch and created by Melchior Lengyel with Carole Lombard and Jack Benny. To Be or Not to Be is available online on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Joseph and Maria Tura operate and star in their own theater company in Warsaw. Maria has many admirers including a young lieutenant in the Polish air force, Stanislav Sobinski. When the Nazis invade Poland to start World War II, Sobinski and his colleagues flee to England while the Turas find themselves now having to operate under severe restrictions, including shelving a comical play they had written about Adolf Hitler. In England meanwhile, Sobinski and his friends give Professor Siletski - who is about to return to Poland - the names and addresses of their closest relatives so the professor can carry messages for them. When it's learned that Siletski is really a German spy, Sobinski parachutes into Poland and enlists the aid of the Turas and their fellow actors to get that list back.

As know as:

Biti ali ne biti, Być albo nie być, 你逃我也逃, Na zi kaneis i na mi zi?, Biti ili ne biti

Release Date:

Mar 06, 1942

Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 27, 2013

Countries:

United States

Language:

English, German, French

Stream Service:

United Artists, Warner Home Vídeo

Production Companies:

Romaine Film Corporation

Gross worldwide:

$4,578,000

Taglines:

The Picture Everyone Wants To See., TRULY, this is the picture everyone wants to see. An exciting romantic comedy keyed to an ever-mounting tempo of suspense. Carole Lombard in her greatest role. Jack Benny at his best in a surprisingly different situation. Here is a Lubitsch picture---brilliant in its acting---spectacular in its scope. Be among the first to see this great motion picture. (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Lindsey Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - March 28, 1942), Hollywood's Happiest Star in the Picture You Must Not Miss! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Lindsey Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - March 28, 1942), We announce the presentation of Carole Lombard's last picture. An exciting romantic comedy keyed to an ever-mounting tempo of suspense. Jack Benny at his best in a surprisingly different comic role. (Print Ad-Greenfield Recorder-Gazette, ((Greenfield, Mass.)) 17 March 1942), When the Germans marched on Poland they met opposition from two Polish Hams...A pair of Actors in Warsaw. (Print Ad- Walker County Messenger, ((LaFayette, Ga.)) 19 March 1942)

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Richard Brody
New Yorker
The film’s high purpose propels Lubitsch to unsurpassed extremes of inventive audacity.
by rottentomatoes, Jul 05, 2022
Kate Cameron
New York Daily News
It isn't, I am sorry to say, Lubitsch's most intriguing comedy, nor is it the best of Jack Benny vehicles, but it will do until another buggy comes along.
by rottentomatoes, Jan 18, 2018
Keith Phipps
The Dissolve
Lubitsch understood at the time, even if many critics and filmgoers didn't, that all those elements and all that rule-breaking make To Be Or Not To Be brilliant.
by rottentomatoes, Aug 27, 2013

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