To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

  • Director: Alan Johnson
  • Writer: Thomas Meehan,Ronny Graham,Edwin Justus Mayer
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Polish
  • Release date: December 16, 1983
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Sein oder Nichtsein
  • "To Be or Not to Be" is a remake of the classic work of the same name by German director Liu Bieqian in 1942. Directed by Allen K. Johnson, starring Mel Brooks , Christopher Lloyd , Anne Bancroft , Chuck , Tim Matheson , Terence Marsh, etc.
    During World War II, in occupied Poland, a group of stage actors under the leadership of Joseph Tula and his wife Maria launched an extraordinary struggle against the Nazis-a spy brought a message that might destroy A secret letter from the Polish Resistance Movement, so Joseph and the others must do their best to prevent this from happening, and they must not let this letter fall into the hands of the Germans. 

    Details

    • Release date December 16, 1983
    • Filming locations Mayfield Senior School - 500 Bellefontaine Street, Pasadena, California, USA
    • Production companies Brooksfilms, Twentieth Century Fox

    Box office

    Budget

    $9,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $13,030,214

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $1,020,958

    Gross worldwide

    $13,030,214

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alvah 2022-01-18 08:02:26

      To be or Not to be

      I saw this movie when I was young, but it was too young to appreciate the pungent humor.
      This film is remake of the same name in 1942, but unfortunately I haven't seen the original version. But this remake of the film is still very wonderful: the lines are humorous, the actors perform just right, and the plot is compact and interesting.
      As a comedy, this drama has plenty of jokes, and the places that should be laughed are definitely hilarious, especially the famous line "To be or Not...

    • By Perry 2022-01-18 08:02:26

      Long live myself!

      I have been looking at this version, and it is said that there are 2 versions. If you look at it alone, it's also a good comedy. The classic lines are endless-comedians want to play Hamlet, but me, a serious actor, wants to play a Nazi soldier in the audience. It took 300 years to build a city, and they destroyed it in only 3 weeks. Hi~ Hitler. Where is Bronsky? He is at the German Review Board, and he is trying to convince them that Shakespeare is not a Jew. If my husband comes back and we...

    • By Domenico 2022-01-18 08:02:26

      a piece of ........

      "all I want is peace"
          "a piece of ......."
          This magical pen put an end to the hesitation, let me surrender under the control of the remote control, and the time after that is short and not look like. Just like a wonderful novel , The pleasure of reading makes you forget the passing of time, and the moment when you occasionally jump out of time, you are also sighing that the thickness of the page is passing in your palm...It
          is the feeling I am after, staying out of...

    • By Louisa 2022-01-18 08:02:26

      A love letter from a senior movie fan to Liu Bieqian

      Not inferior to the 42-year-old Liu Bieqian's "original", I think those who feel that this film is not as good as the old version, if they are not too stubborn, they did not know Mel Brooks.
         Mel Brooks is a veteran movie fan who truly loves comedy movies and has an endless passion for comedy. The films and directors who have had influence in film history are all modified and written by him to pay tribute to the filming. In addition to "You Flee, I Flee", there are "Frankenstein and the...

    • By Korbin 2022-01-18 08:02:26

      To be or not to be Mel Brooks' comedy style

      To be or not to be
                          Mel Brooks' comedy style
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         brief commenta The comedy director is like a tyrant on the set, with different opinions on humor in camera, lighting, art, drama, and even lunch. Bridge passages, lines, and acting faithfully, then the Tower of Babel will fall when it rises into the sky. Democracy and dictatorship are the same thing. Just because this tyrant recognized God’s anointing, his talents were so...

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    • By Bell 2022-03-28 09:01:11

      I really like the curtain call at the end of the film and the broadcast at the beginning of the film. It's unexpectedly funny, and after laughing, I feel that I love life very much... Sure enough, you should take a serious look at the original...

    • By Tre 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      Added details,...

    • By Haylee 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      When I saw Sakamoto where the sound was out of touch with the picture, I was so sick that I just listened without looking at the picture. I really don't like Anne Bancroft. The rest are great. Theater is always my favorite, I really want to do a big...

    • By Zula 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      [Seed http://kickass.to/mel-brooks-to-be-or-not-to-be-1983-dvdrip-t2602786.html] There is a distance called dwarfing, a good director should believe in the language of the lens, not rely on some transitional interpretive...

    • By Alexandro 2022-03-27 09:01:19

      It seems like a Hollywood-like plot, but in fact the whole film revolves around "To be or not to be", a textbook-like movie. The actors in the film are also the bones of the old drama, and they are praised. Although there are a lot of singing and dancing elements in the film, they don't want to steal the show like Bollywood, like the seasoning that perfectly matches the main dish, which contrasts with the joke about Hitler in the film, but the lack of tragedy in the whole film is too the main...

    Movie plot

    In 1936, the Nazi army occupied the Rhineland without firing a single shot; in March 1938, they occupied Austria without firing a single shot; in 1939, they occupied the entire Československo without firing a single shot. Europe is on the eve of World War II, but the Bronski Theater in Poland has forgotten their situation and is still singing and dancing. When the actors felt the threat of war, Bronsky, the owner and star of the...
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    Evaluation action

    "To Be or Not to Be" can be called the American version of " La Grande vadrouille ". The plot arrangement is the same as the climax, wonderful and compact, full of jokes but not far-fetched. Through the clever ridicule and satire of the Nazis, the American humor and optimism are fully embodied. In the film, an impromptu speech by a crappy actor in order to divert the attention of the Nazis suddenly made people tearful, although it is...
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    Movie quotes

    • Colonel Erhardt: [Referring to Bronski in the next room] Relax, Schultz! Zis iz ze intellectual approach...

      Capt. Schultz, of Erhardt's Staff: And what if he's not an intellectual?

      Colonel Erhardt: [referring to the two SS officers nearby] Zen zey'll break every bone in his body!

    • Colonel Erhardt: [referring to Capt. Schultz] I've always suspected zumzing wrong vit a man who does not drink or shmoke...

      Frederick Bronski: You mean like our FUHRER?

      Colonel Erhardt: Yes... NO!

    • [Frederick returns home, having succesfully impersonated Siletski at Gestapo headquarters]

      Frederick Bronski: I did it! I did it! I gave the greatest performance of my life...

      [sinks into a chair and peels off his fake beard]

      Frederick Bronski: And nobody saw it.