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To Be or Not to Be

1942·99 min

To Be or Not to Be

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

ComedyWarRomance

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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Maria Tura

Joseph Tura

Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

Greenberg

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Werner R. Heymann

Original Music Composer

Edwin Justus Mayer

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Lionel Atwill

Rawitch

Professor Alexander Siletsky

Col. Ehrhardt

Bronski

Producer Dobosh

Actor-Adjutant

Capt. Schultz

Anna

Halliwell Hobbes

Gen. Armstrong

Major Cunningham

Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

German Soldier (uncredited)

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Wilhelm Kunze (uncredited)

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To Be or Not to Be (1942) is about during the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Who directed To Be or Not to Be?

Ernst Lubitsch directed To Be or Not to Be (1942).

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