directed by: Ernst Lubitsch, year: 1942
actors: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart

"To Be or Not to Be" (1942) is a wartime comedy by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Carole Lombard and Jack Benny. In Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a theatre troupe led by Maria and Joseph Tura uses disguises and wit to uncover a Gestapo spy and foil a dangerous plot, turning peril into farce. Lubitsch blends romance, satire, and suspense with nimble dialogue and brave performances, delivering a witty critique of tyranny through theatrical bravado.

Screwball, Comedy, War Time Satire, Farce, Romantic Comedy