To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

Movie |

World War Ii | Remake

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, War
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Alan Johnson
  • Cast(s): Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, José Ferrer See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 47min
  • Music: John Morris
  • Award(s): Oscar 1984 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Jojo Rabbit, The Pentagon Wars
  • Story:
    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. remake of Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 black comedy with the same name.
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6.8/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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. remake of Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 black comedy with the same name.
Ratings

6.8/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1984 | Charles

Golden Globe Award

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 1984 | Anne

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 1984 | Charles

Silver Ribbon Award

Best Foreign Actress Migliore Attrice Straniera | 1984 | Anne

Best Foreign Actor Migliore Attore Straniero | 1984 | Mel

WGA (Screen) Award

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | 1984 | Ronny

BOX OFFICE

Budget 9,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 13,030,214 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Mel Brooks has said this is his favorite of his Brooksfilms movies.

During World War II, Mel Brooks served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army in France, where part of his duties included defusing land-mines before the infantry moved into the area. Brooks fought in the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944. Charles Durning, who plays the Nazi S.S. commander, Colonel Erhardt, was also a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, and was present at the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Buchenwald.

The first Hollywood studio film to explicitly refer to the inclusion of gay men in the groups condemned to the Nazi death camps. The use of fabric patches by the Nazis to identify "undesirables" other than Jews is a historical fact. Pink and red triangles (depending on the region of Europe) were used to identify sexual deviants, predominantly homosexuals.

The only film in which Mel Brooks stars that he does not direct.

In an interview, Mel Brooks told the following story: "During the filming of a particular group scene, things were not going swimmingly, to say the least. Everyone seemed to be taking turns flubbing lines, laughing and joking, and Anne (Anne Bancroft) was getting a wee bit perturbed. Finally, she stood up and said, 'Let me remind all of you. I'm sleeping with the producer" (Brooks). Then she said, 'Okay, let's take it from the top!" Everyone just lost it, composure went out the window!"

Popular Dialogues

"Frederick Bronski: Let's face it, sweetheart: without jews, fags and gypsies there is no theatre."

"Announcer: Ladies and Gentlemen: In the interest of clarity and sanity, the rest of this movie will not be in Polish."