To Be or Not to Be
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Starring Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan, Charles Halton, George Lynn
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During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Melchior Lengyel, Edwin Justus Mayer
- Music
- Werner R. Heymann
- Cinematography
- Rudolph Maté
- Cast
- Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan, Charles Halton, George Lynn, Henry Victor, Maude Eburne
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Updated July 22, 2026
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