

To Be or Not to Be
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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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.2M
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Language
- English
- infidelity
- london, england
- airplane
- nazi
- love triangle
- espionage
- warsaw ghetto
- jewish ghetto
- polish resistance
- parachuting
- military officer
- world war ii
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRLos Angeles, California19 Feb 1942
- Theatrical6 Mar 1942
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical8 May 1942
BrazilBR
- TheatricalLIMDB7 Jul 1942
FranceFR
- Theatrical21 May 1947
GermanyDE
- Theatrical126 Aug 1960
ItalyIT
- Theatrical12 Dec 1946
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD6 Dec 2006
SwitzerlandCH
- Digital / OTT121 Aug 2010
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To Be or Not to Be was released on 6 March 1942.
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CinemaSerf
1/11/2026
So, a Polish acting company are busy putting on “Hamlet” whilst the Nazis are preparing something altogether more menacing across the border. “Joseph” (Jack Benny) and wife “Maria” (Carole Lombard) are the stars of the show, and she has no shortage of admirers including an air force officer “Sobieski” (Robert Stack) who bravely decamps to the UK following the invasion to join the RAF. Rather foolishly, as it turns ou…
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