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To Be or Not to Be
Golden 2022-03-24 09:03:00
In Warsaw, Poland, there is a troupe that includes an actor, Bronski (Tom Dugan), who is extremely good at imitating the German Nazi leader Hitler. Maria Tura (Carole Lombard) and Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) are a couple in the troupe that is currently performing "Hamlet." Between performances, Maria receives a bouquet of flowers from a young pilot, Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack), who arranges for Joseph to recite the famous line "to be or not to be" on stage. Sobinski went backstage, and the two fell in love. However, soon after the Nazis invaded Poland, Sobinski could only go to fight. The leader of Sobinski's team is Professor Siletsky. Sobinski wants Siletsky to help bring a letter to Maria, but Siletsky doesn't even know Maria, a famous actress, so Sobinski begins to doubt Siletsky. Sobinski returned to Warsaw to track down Siletsky. On the other hand, Maria was taken to see Siletsky by two Nazi soldiers. Siletsky also had a crush on Maria and hoped that Maria would become a Nazi spy in Poland. Maria fled home for an excuse, but unexpectedly met Sobinski and her husband Josef at home. How will this triangular relationship end, and how will they join forces to fight against the Nazis?
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Micheal 2022-03-26 09:01:10
What is especially rare is that the film was made in 1942, before World War II had yet been won. Lubitsch's film feeling of having fun in the midst of hardship did not change history like the later "Inglourious Basterds", but surpassed history.
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Tiara 2022-03-18 09:01:05
What he did to Shakespear, we are now doing to Poland.
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Joseph Tura: [disguised as Professor Siletsky] I didn't like the way Captain Schultz shifted the responsibility back to you.
Colonel Ehrhardt: Neither did I. You know there's always something wrong with a man who doesn't drink or smoke, doesn't eat meat.
Joseph Tura: You mean our Führer?
Colonel Ehrhardt: Oh, no! No, please, Professor! I hope you don't...
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Maria Tura: Colonel, whatever you decide. If you want me...
Colonel Ehrhardt: Naturally, I would have to know you a little better. That is my duty and, if I may say, my pleasure.