To Be or Not to Be

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black comedy film film satirical comedy film

"To Be or Not to Be" is a 1942 satirical comedy film about a Polish theater troupe outwitting the Nazis, regarded as one of Ernst Lubitsch’s greatest works.

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To Be or Not to Be canonical 2
To Be or Not to Be (1942 film) 2
To Be or Not to Be (1983 film) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
satirical comedy film ⓘ
basedOn an original story by Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
CaroleLombardFinalFilm true ⓘ
cinematographer Rudolph Maté ⓘ
composer Werner R. Heymann ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Dorothy Spencer ⓘ
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresCharacter Colonel Ehrhardt ⓘ
Joseph Tura ⓘ
Lieutenant Stanislav Sobinski ⓘ
Maria Tura ⓘ
Professor Siletsky ⓘ
filmingStartedInYear 1941 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasBeenDescribedAs one of Ernst Lubitsch’s greatest works ⓘ
hasRemake To Be or Not to Be self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)
hasTheme identity and impersonation ⓘ
resistance to totalitarianism ⓘ
role of theater and performance in wartime ⓘ
mainSubject German occupation of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Nazi occupation of Poland

Polish theater troupe outwitting the Nazis ⓘ
notableFor blend of comedy and wartime espionage ⓘ
satirical treatment of Nazism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ
productionCompany Romaine Film Corporation ⓘ
releaseDate 1942-03-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1942 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 99 ⓘ
screenwriter Edwin Justus Mayer ⓘ
setInCountry Poland ⓘ
setInLocation Warsaw ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
starring Carole Lombard ⓘ
Felix Bressart ⓘ
Jack Benny ⓘ
Lionel Atwill ⓘ
Robert Stack ⓘ
Sig Ruman ⓘ
Stanley Ridges ⓘ
storyBy Ernst Lubitsch ⓘ

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Carole Lombard → notableWork → To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
Hamlet (stage performances) → hasFamousScene → To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
this entity surface form: To be, or not to be soliloquy
Lionel Atwill → performedIn → To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)
Ernst Lubitsch → directed → To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
To Be or Not to Be → hasRemake → To Be or Not to Be self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)
Benjamin → notableWork → To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
subject surface form: Benjamin Kubelsky
this entity surface form: film "To Be or Not to Be"
Benjamin Kubelsky → notableWork → To Be or Not to Be ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)