Review of To Be or Not to Be (1983) by Allan C — 31 Dec 2012
Another brilliant satirical comedy from director Ernst Lubitsch. The great Jack Benny and wife Carole Lombard are part of an acting troupe in Poland during that Nazi occupation that become involved in a a British plan to uncover a spy.
While that sounds like a fairly serious plot, it's a very funny story that involves Benny and the troupe posing as Nazi's to out the spy. It's funny, suspenseful and utterly charming. The film was a failure upon it's initial release, being filmed before Pearl Harbor and released soon after.
Carole Lombard also tragically died in a plane crash just before the films release, hurting it's box office appeal at the time. Since then, the film's reputation and acclaim has deservedly grown.
This review of To Be or Not to Be (1983) was written by Allan C on 31 Dec 2012.
To Be or Not to Be has generally received positive reviews.
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