To Be or Not to Be

Dec 16, 1983

1h 47m

★ 6.7

THAT is the movie!

Overview

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

War

Production Companies

Brooksfilms

To Be or Not to Be Trailers

Cast

Dr. Frederick Bronski

Mel Brooks

Anna Bronski

Anne Bancroft

Lt. Andre Sobinski

Tim Matheson

Col. Erhardt

Charles Durning

Prof. Siletski

José Ferrer

Ravitch

George Gaynes

Capt. Schultz

Christopher Lloyd

Ratkowski

George Wyner

Lupinsky

Lewis J. Stadlen

Dobish

Jack Riley

Sasha

James "Gypsy" Haake

Sondheim

Ronny Graham

The greatest secret of the Second World War has remained a mystery for the last 80 years: a Jewish Communist, Sandor Rado, led a spy network that proved essential to the victory of Allied Forces. Rado received details of strictly confidential strategies from the highest echelons of the Nazi State through Rudolf Roessler, a dedicated anti-Nazi he'd only known as code name "Lucy." Aided by key German industry leaders, Roessler transmitted timely information from high-ranking collaborators within the German army headquarters. Despite their achievement, Rado, Roessler and their sources remained unacknowledged heroes until today. Thanks to the recent declassification of secret archives, we are now able to step behind the scenes of this incredible story.

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