To be or not to be [WorldCat Entities]

"Ernst Lubitsch's comedy"@en
"Alexander Korda presents"@en
"Vogliamo vivere"
"Être ou ne pas être"
"Mel Brooks collection"@en
"Sein oder nicht sein"
"Jeux dangereux"
"To be or not to be"
"Mel Brooks' To be or not to be"@en
"Mel Brooks' To be or not to be"

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"A comedy film of wartime Poland about an acting troupe which becomes involved in international affairs."@en
"Comedy about a Shakespearean troupe in Poland fleeing from the Nazis. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft star in this re-make."@en
"As nervy as it is hilarious, a masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch, 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."@en
""Brooks stars as Frederick Bronski, the great Polish actor an amazing amount of people have never heard of. Anne Bancroft co-stars as his actress wife, with whome he fights an eternal tug-of-war for center stage. He should only know about her backstage meetings with a handsome fighter pilot...but all that is put aside when the Nazis invade Poland and the entire troupe gets involved in a frenzy of murder, mistaken identities and maniacal improvising to thwart the Gestapo and save the Polish underground"--Container."
""During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy." IMDB."@en
"Sophisticated comedy set during Hitler's occupation of Warsaw, Poland, in which an acting troupe get involved in an underground scheme and an impersonation of invading Nazis. Carole Lombard's last film."@en
"A theatricl company and the underground in wartime Warsaw enter an outrageous conspiracy to outwit the Nazis and their bungling colonel ..."@en
"The story centers on a Warsaw theatrical troupe that outwits Nazi occupiers by playing the roles of (and for) their lives. Jack Benny stars as Tura, underplaying hilariously. In her final role, Carole Lombard is zany and radiant as his alluring wife."
"Two actors, Frederick and Anna Bronski, get caught up in Germany's invasion of Poland, a leaking of top secret information and an incredible plot to thwart the Nazis."@en
"Mel Brooks takes on Shakespeare, spies and the Gestapo. Brooks stars as Frederick Bronski, the great Polish actor an amazing amount of people have never heard of. Anne Bancroft co-stars as his actress wife, with whom he fights an eternal tug of war for center stage."@en
"Warsaw actors get involved in an underground plot and an impersonation of invading Nazis, including Hitler. [Halliwell's]."
"A comedy film of wartime Poland about an acting troupe which becomes involved in international affairs. Includes theatrical trailer."@en
"En 1939, à Varsovie, un groupe d'acteurs répètent une pièce sur la Gestapo. L'arrivée des troupes allemandes interrompt ce "jeu dangereux". A l'aide de l'expérience acquise, la troupe organise de multiples mystifications dans le but d'aider un espion allié. Et le jeu continue si bien que tous finissent par s'envoler à Londres, à bord même de l'avion personnel du fuhrer en visite dans la capitale polonaise."
""As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard 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"--Container."
"This satirical farce with touches of melodrama is set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. It centres on the resistance of a Polish theatre company through the role-playing antics of a husband and wife team. Lubitsch successfully equates Hitlerism with shoddy theatricality and monumentally bad manners. The Nazis are dangerous because, unlike actors, they do not confine their fantasies to theatre. The shifts between comic and dramatic models make this a film as much about comedy as about politics, subjects linked by the confusion of illusion with reality."@en
"Sophisticated comedy set in Warsaw, Poland in which an acting troupe get involved in an underground scheme and an impersonation of invading Nazis. Carole Lombard's last film."@en
""Une troupe de comédiens polonais se retrouve embarquée dans la résistance."--[allocine.fr]."
""The world is on the bring of war-- but the show must go on. So Joseph Tura, the Polish actor who put the ham in Hamlet, stares beyond the footlights and says, "To be or not to be-- ""
"Varsovie, 1939, une troupe de comédiens profitant de la ressemblance d'un acteur avec le Führer, monte une mise en scène pour tromper tout le monde."
"As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard 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."
"A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage. This becomes a source of depression for him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape."@en
"Benny and Lombard portray Maria and Josefa Tura, Polish stage stars, who pit the talents of their acting troupe against the Gestapo in the early stages of the war."
"A comedy film of wartime Poland about an acting troupe that becomes involved in international affairs."@en
"Comedy about a theatrical troupe in Warsaw during World War II. They use every trick at their command to outwit the Nazi occupation troops, and at the same time hold the Nazis up to ridicule. DVD."
"A comedy film of wartime Poland in which two Polish actors, Frederick and Anna Bronski, eventually get caught up in Germany's invasion of Poland, a leaking of top secret information and an incredible plot to thwart the Nazis."
"A Polish acting troupe is caught up in Germany's invasion during World War II and an incredible plot to outwit the Nazis."@en
"Anti-Nazi satire set in Warsaw in 1939 during the German invasion of Poland following the hilarious activities of a Polish theatre troupe."@en
"SUMMARY: 'Comedy about a theatrical troupe in Warsaw during World War II. They use every trick at their command to outwit the Nazi occupation troops, and at the same time, hold the Nazis up to ridicule.' (SFSU)"
"Follows the adventures of two World War II actors, Frederick Bronski, who modestly bills himself as "World Famous in Poland", and his wife, Anna who fights a never ending battle with him for her spot in the limelight."@en
""The world is on the brink of war-- but the show must go on. So Joseph Tura, the Polish actor who put the ham in Hamlet, stares beyond the footlights and says, "To be or not to be ..."--Container."@en
"A satirical comedy set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw where a troupe of actors become involved with an allied agent and a Polish traitor who is selling information about the Polish underground to the Gestapo. (Does not circulate)."
"A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living, in this Mel Brooks comedy, when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion."@en
""Varsovie 1939. Entre deux représentations d'Hamlet, une troupe répète une pièce anti-nazie. Mais la guerre éclate et la Pologne est envahie. Pour aider la résistance à neutraliser un espion, les acteurs se font passer pour la Gestapo. Les vrais nazis entrent alors en scène..."
""In Warsaw, Poland, during August, 1939, actors at the Theatre Polsky rehearse their new play Gestapo, about the Nazi regime in Germany. When a question arises over the authenticity of actor Bronski's portrayal of Adolph Hitler, Germany's führer, Bronski goes into the public square to gauge public reaction. Hitler's apparent arrival in town causes a commotion until a child asks for the actor's autograph. Later, the actors perform in their production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the performance of the featured player, Joseph Tura, is marred when military aviator Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski, sitting in the second row, gets up at the beginning of Hamlet's soliloquy and walks out. Unknown to Joseph, Stanislav has arranged to meet Joseph's beautiful wife, Maria, a popular actress, in her dressing room. Stanislav is an ardent fan of Maria and has fallen in love with her by reading every article and interview about her. Maria is flattered by Stanislav's attention and agrees to a flight in his bomber. When the Polish government prevents producer Dobosh from putting on Gestapo because the content might offend Hitler, the theater troupe reluctantly complies and continues with Hamlet. Maria also continues her clandestine meetings with Stanislav, and Joseph's overblown ego becomes bruised by the aviator's repeated departure from the second row during his soliloquy. Life has changed completely by the Spring of 1940, after Germany invades Poland without warning and the country is plunged into war. Stanislav is now a member of the Polish bomber pilot squadron for the Royal Air Force in England. As German troops overtake a devastated Warsaw, Nazi Colonel Ehrhardt places severe restrictions on the local citizens. Meanwhile, in England, Polish bomber pilots become excited when they learn that fellow countryman, Professor Siletsky, is returning to Warsaw on a secret mission. They give him the addresses of their families after he offers to communicate with them, and Stanislav gives him a secret code to give to Maria, which reads: 'To be or not to be.' Stanislav becomes suspicious of Siletsky because he is ignorant of the nationally known actress, and reports him to Military Intelligence. Further suspicions that Siletsky is a Nazi spy prompt British Military Intelligence to send Stanislav to Warsaw, so that he can preempt Siletsky's report to the Nazis on the Polish underground. Despite enemy fire, Stanislav parachutes safely into Poland, but is unable to reach the pre-arranged communication point at a bookstore, so he sends Maria, whom he has located once again, in his place. Siletsky has arrived early, however, and sends for Maria himself, ostensibly to give her Stanislav's message. Instead, Siletsky tries to seduce Maria into becoming a Nazi spy, and she puts him off temporarily by returning to her apartment for a change of clothes that are more suitable for a seduction. Joseph, in the meantime, has discovered his second row walk-out in his bedroom slippers, and demands an explanation, but Maria brushes Stanislav's presence aside to discuss the more important issue: making sure that Siletsky does not give his report to his superior officers. The actors formulate a plan in which Joseph impersonates Colonel Ehrhardt in order to obtain Siletsky's report. When Siletsky becomes suspicious because of Joseph's bad acting, however, he tries to escape. After a chase through the theatre, Stanislav shoots the traitor. Concerned about an additional copy of the report that Siletsky had in his trunk, Joseph goes to Siletsky's room at Gestapo headquarters and impersonates Siletsky. He is immediately taken away for a meeting with Colonel Ehrhardt by Ehrhardt's second-in-command, Captain Schultz, and continues to impersonate Siletsky by giving Ehrhardt a vague report on the Polish underground. The slow-witted Ehrhardt is satisfied with Joseph's report and arranges for him to leave the country, but when Joseph asks to take Maria along, as a novice Nazi spy, Ehrhardt insists on interviewing her. The Nazis find the real Siletsky dead at the theater, and when Joseph returns to Ehrhardt following Maria's visit, he is left alone in a room with Siletsky's body. Joseph cleverly shaves the real Siletsky's beard and attaches a false beard, thereby outwitting Ehrhardt, who tries to force Joseph into admitting he is an impostor. The ruse works until ham actor Rawitch and the rest of the acting troupe arrive impersonating Gestapo officials and "arrest" Joseph after declaring that he is an impostor. Although his friends were only hoping to save his life, Joseph is outraged that they foiled his plans to leave the country, and they all fear they will be killed when the Nazis discover their treachery. With little remaining hope, the actors again don Nazi uniforms and that evening infiltrate the opera house, which is packed with Nazi officials. After Hitler arrives for the evening's performance, his special security force lines the hall. According to plan, Jewish actor Greenberg bursts from the bathroom, and is captured by the Nazis. This provides Greenberg with his long-awaited opportunity to perform a portion of Shylock's speech from Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice. The rest of the performers then emerge from the bathroom and command the situation. Joseph, posing as Hitler's own security chief, arrests Greenberg and demands that the 'führer, ' really Bronski in disguise, leave the theatre immediately for his own safety. The real Gestapo officers then blindly follow Bronski out of the theatre into official cars. As the cars pull away, the railroad station explodes, and the actors realize that the Polish Underground is alive and well, and has struck a major blow against the Nazi regime. Ehrhardt, meanwhile, has trapped Maria in her apartment with hopes of seducing her, until Bronski arrives to pick her up. Ehrhardt is shocked when Maria leaves with his führer, and tries to shoot himself. The actors fly out of Poland in Hitler's own plane, and the German pilots willingly execute their führer's command by jumping out of the plane without parachutes. The acting troupe then lands safely in Great Britain, and Joseph, declared a hero, satisfies a dream by playing Hamlet in Shakespeare's homeland. His performance is disrupted, however, when a handsome young officer walks out from the second row during his soliloquy"--AFI catalog, 1941-1950."@en
"Een Poolse komiek en zijn echtgenote raken in 1939 betrokken bij allerlei Duitse spionagecomplotten, die zij op komische wijze in het honderd laten lopen."
"SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A bad polish actor is just trying to make a living when what should intrude but World War II in the form of an invasion. His wife has the habit of entertaining young polish officers while he's on stage which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Golden Globes, Oscar Academy Awards, ...To Be Or Not To Be (1983)."@en
"Mel Brooks lets the Nazis have it with both barrels in this hilarious remake of Ernst Lubitsch's classic comedy."@en
"Comedy about a theatrical troupe in Warsaw during World War II. They use every trick at their command to outwit the Nazi occupation troops, and at the same time, hold the Nazis up to ridicule."@en
"As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard 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."@en
"Dopo l'invasione nazista, una compagnia di teatro polacca cerca di mettere in scena il dramma Gestapo, ma viene bloccata dalla censura tedesca. La compagnia, guidata da Josef e Maria Tura, ripiega allora sull'Amleto, il cui celebre monologo, To be or no to be - da cui il titolo originale - finisce per divenire lo sfondo di una vorticosa sequela di equivoci e di inganni ai danni dei nazisti, oltre che degli intrighi amorosi della bella Maria (Mymovies)."
""The world is on the brink of war-- but the show must go on. So Joseph Tura, the Polish actor who put the ham in Hamlet, stare beyond the footlights and says, "To be or not to be ..."--Container."@en
"Warsaw actors get involved in an underground plot and an impersonation of invading Nazis, including Hitler. This film is a black comedy, which starts as drama and descends through romantic comedy and suspense into farce."@en
"A comedy film of wartime Poland about an acting troupe which becomes involved in international affairs."