Venice Film Festival 2026 | Locarno International Film Festival 1995
Entered National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board 1996
To Be or Not to Be is a black comedy set in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, where a Polish theatre troupe led by the Tura couple uses acting and disguises to trick the Gestapo and help the Polish resistance. The actors must deliver the performance of their lives to survive and save others.
Ernst Lubitsch was a German filmmaker known for sophisticated Hollywood comedies, earning the reputation of having the “Lubitsch touch.” His films include Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner and To Be or Not to Be, blending romance, satire and social commentary.
StudioCanal (Jean-Pierre Boiget, Sophie Boyer)
