To Be or Not to Be

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Duration: 99 min
Release date: 1942-03-06
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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.

Comedy War Romance

To Be or Not to Be

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Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
as Maria Tura
Jack Benny
Jack Benny
as Joseph Tura
Robert Stack
Robert Stack
as Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart
as Greenberg
Lionel Atwill
Lionel Atwill
as Rawitch
Stanley Ridges
Stanley Ridges
as Professor Alexander Siletsky
Sig Ruman
Sig Ruman
as Col. Ehrhardt
Tom Dugan
Tom Dugan
as Bronski
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
as Producer Dobosh
George Lynn
George Lynn
as Actor-Adjutant
Henry Victor
Henry Victor
as Capt. Schultz
Maude Eburne
Maude Eburne
as Anna
Halliwell Hobbes
Halliwell Hobbes
as Gen. Armstrong
Miles Mander
Miles Mander
as Major Cunningham
Rudolph Anders
Rudolph Anders
as Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)
Paul Barrett
Paul Barrett
as Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Sven Hugo Borg
Sven Hugo Borg
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Danny Borzage
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Buster Brodie
as Townsman (uncredited)
Peter Caldwell
Peter Caldwell
as Wilhelm Kunze (uncredited)
Alec Craig
Alec Craig
as Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)
Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Jack Deery
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
Leslie Denison
as Captain (uncredited)
James Finlayson
James Finlayson
as Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)
James Gillette
James Gillette
as Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Leyland Hodgson
as Second Reporter (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Shep Houghton
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten
as Polonius in Warsaw (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Charles Irwin
as Reporter (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Tiny Jones
as Townswoman (uncredited)
John Kellogg
John Kellogg
as Polish RAF Flyer (uncredited)
Adolf E. Licho
Adolf E. Licho
as Prompter (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Wilbur Mack
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
John Meredith
John Meredith
as English Wireless Operator (uncredited)
Maurice Murphy
Maurice Murphy
as Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Richard Neill
as Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Russ Powell
as Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Frank Reicher
as Polish Official (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
Otto Reichow
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Gene Rizzi
Gene Rizzi
as Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)
John Roy
John Roy
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
Hans Schumm
as Special Investigations Squad (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Stephen Soldi
as Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli
Count Stefenelli
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Roland Varno
Roland Varno
as Pilot (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes
Ernö Verebes
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Dorothy Vernon
as Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)
Armand 'Curly' Wright
Armand 'Curly' Wright
as Makeup Man (uncredited)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Man in Bookstore (uncredited)
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