The iconic French singer and actor Charles Aznavour triumphs as mild-mannered saloon pianist Charlie Koller in François Truffaut’s playful homage to American film noir.
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To Be Or Not To Be
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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