To Be Or Not To Be

Sep 13—Sep 17, 2024
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1942)
With Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan, Charles Halton

A bold, subversive satire decades ahead of its time, To Be Or Not to Be found director Ernst Lubitsch casting comedic entertainer Jack Benny and glamorous screen star Carole Lombard as Polish actors pitted against wisecracking Nazis in wartime Warsaw. Understandably controversial at the time of its release, the film has since been established as a classic comedy, and a courageous precursor to dark comedies like Dr. Strangelove, The Producers, and Inglorious Basterds.

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      99min

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      BAM Rose Cinemas

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      35mm

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