To Be or Not to Be overview
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Synopsis:
Ernst Lubitsch directs the 1942 political satire classic To Be or Not to Be, which marked the final screen appearance of comedienne Carole Lombard. In Warsaw at the beginning of WWII, Maria Tura (Lombard) and husband Joseph (Jack Benny) perform anti-Nazi plays with their theater troupe until they are forced to switch to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Lt. Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack) falls for Maria and meets up with her during Joseph's famous "To Be or Not to Be" speech as Hamlet. When Stanislav is eventually dispatched for war, he implicates Maria with Professor Siletsky (Stanley Ridges), who has a secret plan to destroy the Warsaw resistance.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Ernst Lubitsch
- Studio: United Artists
- Year: 1942
- Run Time: 90 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy
- Filmed in: B&W
