As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch (Trouble in Paradise) stars Jack Benny (The Jack Benny Program) and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey) as husband-and-wife thespians in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who become caught up in a dangerous spy plot. To Be or Not to Be is a Hollywood film of the boldest black humor, which went into production soon after the U.S. entered World War II. Lubitsch manages to brilliantly balance political satire, romance, slapstick, and urgent wartime suspense in a comic high-wire act that has never been equaled.

Product details

Director	Ernst Lubitsch
Actor	Jack Benny, Felix Bressart, Robert Stack, Carole Lombard, Lionel Atwill
Label	CRITERION

Genre	Comedy War
Content	Blu-ray
FSK / age rating	from age 0
Publication date	27.08.2013
Region code	A
Edition	Criterion Collection
Version	US Version
Original title	To Be or Not to Be
Year of production	1942
Length	90 Minutes
Audio	English
Subtitles	English

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Genre

Comedy
War

Customer reviews

to be or not to be

Written on 28. October 2016 by marcy darcy.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

a must see!
nix auf deutsch

Written on 14. January 2011 by m.h..
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mit carole lombard warum nur???
ES GIBT AUSER DIESEM FILM

Written on 14. January 2011 by HELM.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

KEINEN EINZIGEN MIT carole lombard SCHADE BIN EIN RIIIESEN FAN:::
yeah...

Written on 19. April 2010 by helm.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

hahahahahaha...ich liebe diesen film...
Schultz!!

Written on 19. June 2005 by Heinrich Heine.
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Unbedingt ansehen! Die Nazis sind filmisch nie besser erledigt worden!
Le film!

Written on 22. December 2004 by Yeah!.
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Ce film est excellant! a acheter.
Il n'a pas pris une ride!
Es ist ein Vergnügen...

Written on 13. September 2004 by Rolf.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

... sich diesen frechen Streifen anzusehen. Ideenreichtum und treffende Bemerkungen suchen Ihresgleichen. Das der Film zudem während des 2. Weltkriegs gedreht wurde, treibt das Ganze noch auf die Spitze.
Sein oder nicht sein

Written on 05. February 2003 by Jürg Thöni.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Ein absolutes Muss für alle, die boshafteste Satire mögen!

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