To Be or Not to Be
(1943)
Directed by Ernst
Lubitsch this film stars Carole Lombard, Jack Benny and Felix
Bressart. In Poland during the Nazi occupation a stage company ends
up working to stop a German spy.
This film walks a very
thin line managing to be a really funny film about a dark time in
history. Beyond all the jokes, of which there are plenty, this film
does a good job of not losing sight of the real situation and sending
up the Nazis. There are some decent performances as the hammy actors
with delusions of grandeur as well.
4/5
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