To Be or Not to Be (1983)

Directed by

Alan Johnson

Genre

war film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 236 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II a Polish theater troupe uses their acting skills to outwit the Nazis. Mel Brooks stars as a hammy actor who must impersonate a Nazi officer to save the resistance.

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What happens

To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer. The film is a remake of the 1942 film of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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