To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

U/A 13+ 06/03/1942

Comedy, War, Romance

1 hr 39 min

78%

Status : Released
Budget : $1,200,000
Revenue :$1,500,000

The Picture Everyone Wants to See

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Status : Released
Budget : $1,200,000
Revenue :$1,500,000

The Picture Everyone Wants to See

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Top Billed Cast

Carole Lombard

Maria Tura

Jack Benny

Joseph Tura

Robert Stack

Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

Felix Bressart

Greenberg

Lionel Atwill

Rawitch

Stanley Ridges

Professor Alexander Siletsky

Sig Ruman

Col. Ehrhardt

Tom Dugan

Bronski

Charles Halton

Producer Dobosh

George Lynn

Actor-Adjutant

Henry Victor

Capt. Schultz

Maude Eburne

Anna

Halliwell Hobbes

Gen. Armstrong

Miles Mander

Major Cunningham

Rudolph Anders

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

Sven Hugo Borg

German Soldier (uncredited)

Buster Brodie

Townsman (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)

Helmut Dantine

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

James Finlayson

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Second Reporter (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

German Soldier (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Polonius in Warsaw (uncredited)

John Kellogg

Polish RAF Flyer (uncredited)

Adolf E. Licho

Prompter (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Maurice Murphy

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

Richard Neill

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Polish Official (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Gene Rizzi

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

John Roy

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Roland Varno

Pilot (uncredited)

Ernö Verebes

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Wolfgang Zilzer

Man in Bookstore (uncredited)

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Crew Members

Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Rudolph Maté

Director of Photography

Ernst Lubitsch

Producer

Alexander Korda

Executive Producer

Irene

Costume Design

Media

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