To Be or Not to Be
“The Picture Everyone Wants to See”
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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Cast
51 people
Carole Lombard
Maria Tura
Known for
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
My Man Godfrey
Jack Benny
Joseph Tura
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Broadway Melody of 1936
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Robert Stack
Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
Known for
Hercules
Airplane!
Felix Bressart
Greenberg
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
Ninotchka
Lionel Atwill
Rawitch
Known for
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Captain Blood
Stanley Ridges
Professor Alexander Siletsky
Known for
Black Friday
Sergeant York
Sig Ruman
Col. Ehrhardt
Known for
Ninotchka
A Night at the Opera
Tom Dugan
Bronski
Known for
The Ghost Breakers
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Charles Halton
Producer Dobosh
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
George Lynn
Actor-Adjutant
Known for
The Werewolf
House of Frankenstein
Henry Victor
Capt. Schultz
Known for
Freaks
The Mummy
Maude Eburne
Anna
Known for
The Vampire Bat
Ruggles of Red Gap
Ernst Lubitsch Director · Edwin Justus Mayer Screenplay Melchior Lengyel Story
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $1.2M · United States release March 6, 1942
Box office
Budget
$1,200,000
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Romaine Film Corporation
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
United States · February 19, 1942
Premiere · Los Angeles, California
United States · March 6, 1942
Theatrical
Brazil
July 7, 1942 · Theatrical · IMDB
France
May 21, 1947 · Theatrical
Germany
August 6, 1960 · Theatrical
Italy
December 12, 1946 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 6, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
August 1, 2010 · Digital
United Kingdom
May 8, 1942 · Theatrical
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